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Who wrote Shoshanat Yaakov?

Who was the Author of the Piyut "asher hanee" that ends with Shoshanat Yaakov? Why is it said by Ashkenazim after they read the Meggilah at night?
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Possessions on a tree where Hung

In Maoz Tzur we say: רֹב בָּנָיו וְקִנְיָנָיו עַל הָעֵץ תָּלִיתָ Did we really hang his (Haman's) possessions on a tree?
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Why do we honor Charvona, specifically?

The song we sing after reading the Megilla on Purim, "Shoshanat Yaakov," concludes with "and may Charvona also be remembered favorably." According to the Megilla (Esther 7:9), all Charvona did was, ...