Question: What is the ethnicity of the author of "The Dragon"?

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Xiao Jun: Xiao Jun (, 3 July 1907 – 22 June 1988), born Liu Honglin (劉鴻霖), was a Chinese author and intellectual from Linghai, Liaoning, China.  Of Manchu ethnicity, Xiao's most famous work in China is his 1934 novel "Village in August" (八月的鄉村) which gained both popular and critical praise as anti-Japanese literature.  He, along with Xiao Hong, is considered one of the most representative authors of the left-wing Northeast Authors Group (東北作家群).  The names Xiao Hong (蕭紅) and Xiao Jun (蕭軍) were chosen by each author so that when put together they would be "xiao xiao hongjun" (小小紅軍, tiny red army).

Dragon Cauldron: Dragon Cauldron is a fantasy novel by Chinese-American author Laurence Yep first published in 1991.  It is the third book in his "Dragon" tetralogy.  "Dragon Cauldron" marks a shift in narration from Shimmer, who had narrated the first two books in the series, to Monkey, who had up to that point played a minor role.  Yep found it necessary to change narrative voices after six years of trying to write "Dragon Cauldron".  Monkey's status as an immortal made him "naturally cheerful even in the most dire of situations.  Tough and yet funny, his consciousness provided the right platform from which I could observe a world in crisis."  He had to modify the outline he had been working with as he decided that it would be necessary to kill off at least one character in order to provide "jeopardy" to Shimmer and her companions, which in turn would convey drama and emotional truth.  This also allowed him to incorporate new material based on Chinese folklore that he had researched, forming the basis for the characters the Smith, the Snail Woman, and the Nameless One.

Dragon Steel: Dragon Steel is a fantasy novel by Chinese-American author Laurence Yep.  It was first published in 1985 and is the second book in his "Dragon" series.  In "Dragon Steel", Yep decided to expand on the dilemma faced by exiled dragon princess Shimmer, that of how to govern, since she had been exiled from the Inland Sea at a relatively young age by dragon standards.  He based her on experiences on a study of historical rulers, both those who had ruled poorly, and those who had "risen to the expectations of their people".  He also based the undersea dragon kingdom of Sambar XII on the "real ocean", inspired by the undergraduate courses in marine biology and oceanography he had taken at UC Santa Cruz.  The story picks up where "Dragon of the Lost Sea" left off.  Coming off their victory over the witch Civet, Shimmer and her human companion Thorn discover inner turmoil among the dragon kingdoms amidst increasing tensions between the humans and the dragons, gaining a new ally in the process.

Evgeny Schwartz: Evgeny Lvovitch Schwartz (Russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Шва́рц ; October 21 [O.S. October 9] 1896 , Kazan, Russian Empire – January 15, 1958, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet writer and playwright, whose works include twenty-five plays, and screenplays for three films (in collaboration with Nikolai Erdman).

The Dragons of Babel: The Dragons of Babel is a 2008 novel by American author Michael Swanwick, set in the same world as his earlier work "The Iron Dragon's Daughter" (1993).  It follows the plight of a young man named Will Le Fey after a crippled dragon takes up residence in his town and inside his mind.  Like "The Iron Dragon's Daughter", the novel subverts fantasy tropes while it explores the extremely dark and gritty world of Faerie.

Da Crime Posse: Da Crime Posse was one well-known group in the genre of Oriental Hip Hop in Germany.  The group was composed of two Turkish people (M.Ali and InceEfe), one German person (Olcay/Ole), and one Cuban person (Babalu).  In his essay addressing the development of hip-hop in Germany, author Timothy S. Brown suggests that many musical groups in Germany are adopting a sort of “symbolic ethnicity” which asserts that one “does not necessarily have to be Turkish” to assume the Turkish identity.  Furthermore, a scholar named Dietmar Elfein has cited Da Crime Posse as an example of how the “Turkish identity proposed is a mythological one” in the sense that one did not necessarily have to be Turkish to assume this symbolic ethnicity.  Perhaps one of the most important musical collaborations that Da Crime Posse has taken part in has been that with Karakan and Erci E.  Cina-i Sebeke (of Da Crime Posse) was the individual who met fellow Turkish hip-hop artists Karakan and Erci-E and spurred their musical collaboration.  Together, they established the legendary group Cartel and released a compilation album in 1995.  The only single from their self-titled album, composed by Big Porno Ahmet, brought the biggest success in the history of Turkish hip-hop.  With this unexpected success, they achieved Gold and Platinum status (plus many more awards) by selling more than 2,250,000 copies.

Benno Besson: Benno Besson (born "René-Benjamin Besson"; 4 November 1922 in Yverdon-les-Bains; died 16 February 2006 in Berlin, Germany) was a Swiss actor and director.  He had great success as director at Volksbühne Berlin, Deutsches Theater and Berliner Ensemble in East-Berlin, where he went by an invitation of Bertolt Brecht in 1949.  Some of his acquainted stagings were "The Dragon" by Evgeny Schwartz, so that he travelled with Deutsches Theater all-around Europe and Asia (also in Japan), and "Der Frieden" (Aristophanes edited by Peter Hacks).  He became the Intendant at Volksbühne in the 1960s and worked often with Heiner Müller.  In his plays, he worked amongst others with the popular actors Fred Düren, Eberhard Esche and Ursula Karusseit.

Sinisa Malesevic: Siniša Malešević, MRIA, MAE (born 5 April 1969) is Full Professor/Chair of Sociology at the University College, Dublin, Ireland.  His research interests include the comparative-historical and theoretical study of ethnicity, nationalism, ideology, war, violence and sociological theory.  He is author of six and editor of seven books including influential monographs "Ideology, Legitimacy and the New State" (2002), "The Sociology of Ethnicity" (2004), "Identity as Ideology" (2006) "The Sociology of War and Violence" (2010) and "Nation-States and Nationalisms" (2013)[1].  Professor Malesevic has also authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has given more than 100 invited talks all over the world [2].  His work has been translated into several languages including Chinese, Croatian, Persian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Russian and Serbian.  Previously he held research and teaching appointments at the Institute for International Relations (Zagreb), the Centre for the Study of Nationalism, CEU (Prague)- where he worked with late Ernest Gellner -, and at the National University of Ireland, Galway.  He also held visiting professorships and fellowships at Université Libre de Bruxelles (Eric Remacle Chair in Conflict and Peace Studies), the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna and the London School of Economics.  In March 2010 he was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy[3]], in December 2012 he was elected associated member of Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina[4]] and in August 2014 he was elected a Member of Academia Europaea [5]].

Dragonkeeper: Dragonkeeper is a children's fantasy novel by Australian author Carole Wilkinson.  It is the first book of the Dragonkeeper trilogy.  Ping is a slave girl from an evil master.  The second book is "Garden of the Purple Dragon", first published in 2005, and the third "Dragon Moon", first published in 2007.  There is also a prequel to the original "Dragonkeeper" novel called Dragon Dawn.  "Dragonkeeper" won several Australian awards, including the 2003 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel.

Coco Lee: Coco Lee (; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress.  Lee's career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan.  Her single, "Do You Want My Love" also entered the US music charts.  Her first full-length English language album was "Just No Other Way".  As a Chinese American, Lee is the first and only person of Chinese ethnicity to perform at the Oscars; she performed the Best Original Song nominated, "A Love Before Time" from the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Supporting paragraphs: Benno Besson Evgeny Schwartz
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