For 10 points, name this author of  The Inspector General,  The Nose, and  The Overcoat.
In a play by this author, a case of mistaken identity causes one person to pretend to be an important government official; he almost sends the mayor to Siberia, but the real title character of a play by this author eventually arrives to set everything straight. In a different work by this author, a baker finds the title body part in a piece of  (*) bread; Major Kovalyov wakes up only to find himself missing that same title body part. In another work by this author, Petrovich tells Akaky Bashmachkin that he needs to buy a replacement for the title object. For 10 points, name this author of  The Inspector General,  The Nose, and  The Overcoat.
In a play by this author, a case of mistaken identity causes one person to pretend to be an important government official; he almost sends the mayor to Siberia, but the real title character of a play by this author eventually arrives to set everything straight.
Nikolai  Gogol  