Tomasso Landolfi wrote a 
Tomasso Landolfi wrote a novel in which this man is married to a balloon doll named Caracas.  In one story by this man a theology student is terrorized by a witch over whom he refuses to read last rites, which results in the summoning of the title gnome.  He completely revised his first play three times, producing An Official's Morning, The Servants' Hall, and The Lawsuit.  A better-known short story features a government clerk who loves the Chief of the Division's daughter Sophie and includes the improbable correspondences of Madgie and Fidele, two dogs.  The machinations of Osip to exploit his master Ivan's case of mistaken identity in a small town is the subject of his best-known play, The Inspector General.  Also known for a story about Akaky Akakievich's lost jacket and a novel about the collector Pavel Chichikov, FTP name this author of The Overcoat and Dead Souls.
Tomasso Landolfi wrote a novel in which this man is married to a balloon doll named Caracas.  
Nikolai Gogol