Question: Gay Talese and Gerhart Hauptmann are both what?

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Hauptmann (crater): Hauptmann is a crater on Mercury.  It has a diameter of 120 kilometers.  Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1985.  Hauptmann is named for the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann, who lived from 1862 to 1946.

Drayman Henschel: Drayman Henschel (German: "Führmann Henschell" ), also known as "Carter Henschel", is an 1898 five-act naturalistic play by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann.  Unlike his 1892 play "The Weavers", Hauptmann focuses on the story's psychological rather than social dimensions.  As with his 1902 play "Rose Bernd", the play charts the demise of an ordinary man who falls victim to circumstances beyond his control.  As with many of Hauptmann's dramas, it ends with the main character's suicide.

Gerald Foos: Gerald Foos is the former owner of the Manor House Motel, which operated in Aurora, Colorado.  He was the subject of Gay Talese's 2016 article "The Voyeur's Motel" in "The New Yorker", in which Talese disclosed that Foos was a long time voyeur of those staying in his hotel, having installed grilles in the ceiling of most of the rooms that enabled him to view his guests without their knowledge.  Foos' observational focus was the sexual activities of those staying at the Manor House.

The Rats (play): The Rats is a stage drama in five acts by Gerhart Hauptmann, which premiered in 1911, one year before the author received the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Unlike other Hauptmann plays, such as "The Weavers" (1892) and "The Assumption of Hannele" (1893), this one does not seem ever to have been performed on Broadway.

Gay Talese: Gay Talese ( ; born February 7, 1932) is an American writer.  As a journalist for "The New York Times" and "Esquire" magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define literary journalism.  Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.

The Conflagration: The Conflagration (German: "Der rote Hahn" , 1901) is a German play written by Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946).  Like Henrik Ibsen, Hauptmann focuses attention on social issues.  Unlike "The Weavers" (1892) and "The Assumption of Hannele" (1893), it does not seem to have ever been performed on Broadway; however, it was adapted as a German film in 1962, directed by John Olden and starring Rudolf Platte as Schuhmachermeister Fielitz and Inge Meysel as Frau Fielitz.

Unto the Sons: Unto the Sons is a 1992 book by Gay Talese.  The book traces the origins of Talese's own family, beginning with his great-grandfather in Maida, Italy, his grandfather who immigrated to Pennsylvania and Talese's father, who immigrated to the United States separately following World War I.

The Assumption of Hannele: The Ascension of Little Hannele (German: "Hanneles Himmelfahrt" ), also known simply as "Hannele", is an 1893 play by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann.  In contrast to Hauptmann's naturalistic dramas, "The Assumption of Hannele" adopts a more symbolist dramaturgy and includes a dream sequence.  The play is the first in recorded world literature with a child as its heroine.  It was first published in 1894.  Hauptmann was awarded the Grillparzer Prize in 1896 for the play.

Gerhart Hauptmann: Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (15 November 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German dramatist and novelist.  He is counted among the most important promoters of literary naturalism, though he integrated other styles into his work as well.  He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912.

The Kingdom and the Power: The Kingdom and the Power: Behind the Scenes at The New York Times: The Institution That Influences the World is a 1969 book by Gay Talese about the inner workings of "The New York Times", the newspaper where Talese had worked for 12 years.  The book was originally subtitled "The Story of The Men Who Influence The Institution That Influences the World."  The book is credited with starting the trend of "media books" as noted by "Portfolio" at the New York University School of Journalism, books that "portraying the inner-workings of a media establishment, turning the tables on the people who write and report the news, and making them the subject."

Supporting paragraphs: Gay Talese Gerhart Hauptmann
Answer: an American writer