Gorky was active in the emerging Marxist socialist movement and later supported the Bolsheviks. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and …

Gorky was the only Soviet writer whose work embraced the prerevolutionary and postrevolutionary period so exhaustively, and, though he by no means stands with Chekhov, Tolstoy, and others in the …

Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (March 28, 1868 – June 14, 1936) better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Russian author, a founder of the …

His chosen pseudonym "Gorky" translates directly as "bitter." Fittingly, his chosen first name, "Maxim" means "a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct."

Maxim Gorky (pseudonym of Alexei Maximovich Peshkov), a writer of fiction, poetry, plays, and criticism as well as an editor and activist journalist, was officially called the founder of socialist realism and of …

May 14, 2020 · In 1906, Russian revolutionary and author, Maxim Gorky visited the United States to acclaim, but left due to scandal. This guide provides access to materials related to “Maxim Gorky” in …

Examine the life, times, and work of Maxim Gorky through detailed author biographies on eNotes.

Maksim Gorky is a pseudonym of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, who was born into a poor Russian family in Nizhnii Novgorod on Volga river. Gorky lost his father at an early age, he was beaten by his …

Gorky was active in the emerging Marxist socialist movement and later supported the Bolsheviks. He publicly opposed the Tsarist regime and for a time closely associated himself with Vladimir Lenin and …

Following the Revolution of February 1917, Gorky established the paper Novaya Zhizn. Although allied with the Bolsheviks, Gorky thought their seizure of power in October of 1917 was premature; and he …