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Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)

Author of Mother

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Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known as Maxim (Maksim) Gorky, was born on March 28th, 1968. Until the recent collapse of the Soviet state, Gorky was officially viewed as the greatest Russian writer of the twentieth century---an evaluation far above the true measure of his nevertheless show more considerable talent. Proclaimed the founder of socialist realism, he significantly influenced many Soviet writers, as well as others in Europe and in the developing world, and his works were for decades part of the Soviet school curriculum. His formal education was minimal. From the age of 11, he fended for himself with a variety of jobs. Self-taught, he published his first story, "Makar Chudra," in 1892. His first collection, Sketches and Stories (1898), is a romantic celebration of society's strong outcasts---the hobos and the drifters---and helped to popularize such literary protagonists. Foma Gordeyev (1899), Gorky's first novel, depicts generational conflict within the Russian bourgeoisie. A popular public figure on the left, Gorky was often in trouble with the tsarist government. During the 1900s, he was the central figure in the Znanie publishing house, which produced realist prose with a social conscience. Some of his own works were extremely successful. The play The Lower Depths (1902), set in a poorhouse and a strong indictment of social injustice, was not only a staple of Soviet theater but also influential in the United States. Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh was influenced by it. The propagandistic, extraordinarily influential novel Mother (1906) presents an iconic working-class woman who is transformed into a saint of the Revolution; its optimism in the ultimate triumph of the cause made it a prototype of socialist-realist fiction. During the years prior to 1917, Gorky published a number of autobiographical stories: All Over Russia (1912--18) (also Through Russia) and his memoirs; My Childhood (1913--14), My Apprenticeship (1915--16), and My Universities (1923). This trilogy shows his art at its best and includes some very lively reminiscences of such writers as Tolstoy and Chekhov. Although a Bolshevik party member since 1905, Gorky strongly criticized the new regime after the October Revolution: His collected articles from 1917-18, Untimely Thoughts, remained unpublished in the Soviet Union until recently. A cultural activist, he helped to save the lives of many writers, artists, and scholars during the cold and hungry years of the civil war. In 1921 he left Russia for Italy but returned permanently a decade later, recognized as the grand old man of Soviet literature. He then worked for Stalin's economic policies and presided over the institutionalization of socialist realism. At his death, he left unfinished a major novel of considerable interest, The Life of Klim Samgin, which he had been working on since 1925. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: 1906 photograph (LoC Prints and Photographs, LC-USZ62-100472)

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Works by Maxim Gorky

Mother (1907) — Author — 1,233 copies
My Childhood (1913) 1,026 copies
My Universities (1923) 308 copies
My Apprenticeship (1915) 292 copies
The Artamonov Business (1925) 259 copies
The Lower Depths (1902) 252 copies
The Life of a Useless Man (1907) 203 copies
Foma Gordejew (1899) 129 copies
Fragments from My Diary (1924) 102 copies
Through Russia (1945) 95 copies
My Apprenticeship / My Universities (1916) — Author — 55 copies
Bystander (1930) 55 copies
Vagabondnoveller (1921) 53 copies
Enemies (1972) 53 copies
The Three (1905) 45 copies
Portretten (1963) 37 copies
Life of Klim Samgin (1927) 36 copies
Summerfolk (Drama Classics) (1975) — Author — 34 copies
Italienische Märchen (1911) 30 copies
On Literature (1973) 29 copies
Selected Short Stories (1968) 28 copies
Pequenos burgueses (1972) 22 copies
Konovalov (1972) 20 copies
Children of the Sun (1973) 17 copies
Lenin (1967) 17 copies
Days with Lenin (2004) 16 copies
EKMEGIMI KAZANIRKEN (1994) 14 copies
Book of Short Stories 1 (1936) 13 copies
Husbonden (1913) 12 copies
Pawel, der arme Teufel (1989) 12 copies
Malva (1991) 12 copies
IHMISEN SYNTY 12 copies
The Magnet (1931) 10 copies
Om min första kärlek (1995) 10 copies
The Specter (1938) 10 copies
Meister-Erzählungen (1927) 10 copies
Bárbara Olessova (1984) 9 copies
5 Russian Masters (2003) 9 copies
Malva and Other Tales (1966) 8 copies
Zomer (2013) 8 copies
The Little Sparrow (1975) 8 copies
Her Lover (2014) 8 copies
Erzählungen aus dem alten Russland (1972) — Author — 8 copies
Blümchen Siebenblatt (1963) 7 copies
Une Confession (1973) 7 copies
One Autumn Night (2014) 7 copies
Plays (1975) 7 copies
ARTAMONOVLAR (2017) 6 copies
A Book of Short Stories (1939) 6 copies
Ayaktakimi Arasinda (2014) 6 copies
Meisternovellen (1959) 6 copies
Œuvres (2005) 6 copies
Vassa Zheleznova (Plays) (1988) 6 copies
Reminiscences (1946) 5 copies
Tempête sur la ville (1990) 5 copies
Kucuk Burjuvalar (2014) 5 copies
Provokatören (1984) 5 copies
El vagabundo filósofo (1973) 5 copies
Culture and the people (1977) 5 copies
Drei Menschen, Die Mutter (1982) 5 copies
Other Fires 5 copies
Briefwechsel (1987) 5 copies
Gevallenen (1917) 5 copies
Moren. B.1 (1971) 5 copies
In America (2001) 4 copies
LA MADRE. LAS CONFESIONES (1998) 4 copies
Les Barbares (2006) 4 copies
Por el mundo (1978) 4 copies
Letters (1966) 4 copies
Danko's Burning Heart (1983) 4 copies
Els Fills del sol (1984) 4 copies
Moren. B.2 (1971) 4 copies
Les derniers (1908) 4 copies
The Shield (1975) 4 copies
I vagabondi 4 copies
Leão Tolstói (1983) 4 copies
Samovar (1997) 4 copies
To American intellectuals (1932) 4 copies
Incendio — Author — 4 copies
Mati (2017) 4 copies
Chelkash 4 copies
Pepe : jutustus 3 copies
4 Geschichten und vier dazu (1983) — Contributor — 3 copies
Unbekannte Erzählungen (1989) 3 copies
Fünf Dramen (1989) 3 copies
THE STORIES OF THE STEPPE (1977) 3 copies
selected letters (1997) 3 copies
Veren'ka Olesova (2011) 3 copies
Tales from Gorky (2009) 3 copies
M Gorky Selected Stories (1981) 3 copies
Erzählungen 3 copies
Gydens Pionerer (2007) 3 copies
Bozkirda (2013) 3 copies
Narraciones (Clásica) (2011) 3 copies
Il burlone - L'angoscia (2018) 3 copies
Tolstoy'dan Anilar (2018) 3 copies
YOL ARKADASIM (2013) 3 copies
Drei Menschen Roman (2015) 3 copies
Erzählungen (1998) 2 copies
Makar čudra (2012) 2 copies
Tomas Gordeief (1985) 2 copies
Cuentos (1989) 2 copies
Angustia 2 copies
Halki Venäjän 2 copies
Leo Tolstoi (2021) 2 copies
Vragi (2013) 2 copies
Suprugi Orlovy (2013) 2 copies
Poslednie (2013) 2 copies
Meshhane (2013) 2 copies
Ispoved' (2013) 2 copies
V ljudjah (2013) 2 copies
Razrushenie lichnosti (2013) 2 copies
Rusia. Volumen 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
Arbeit im Simplon (1977) 2 copies
M Gorky .. childhood (1934) 2 copies
Jahrmarkt in Holtwa (2018) 2 copies
Edebiyat Yasamim (2016) 2 copies
Trije ljudje 2 copies
Yararsiz Bir Adam (2015) 2 copies
The Mother 2 copies
Old Woman Izergil (1981) 2 copies
Wie ich lesen lernte. (1984) 2 copies
Boles 2 copies
Contos 2 copies
The Judge (2001) 2 copies
Fortellinger (1973) 2 copies
Apsakymai: Dramos (1988) 2 copies
Literature and Life (1946) 2 copies
"Confronting Life" (1996) 2 copies
Stories of the Steppe (2015) 2 copies
Urspårade 2 copies
Η ΜΑΝΑ 2 copies
Voragem 2 copies
Η μάνα 2 copies
Comrades (2010) 2 copies
Olga en de anderen (1983) 2 copies
Els menestrals 2 copies
Mezítlábasok 1892-1897 (1979) 2 copies
Zigenare 2 copies
Zulüm 2 copies
L'oro del Volga 2 copies
Boredom 2 copies
Kiel mi lernis 2 copies
A MESTER 2 copies
Yasanmis Hikayeler (2008) 2 copies
Le bourg d'Okourov (2022) 1 copy
Los Artamonov (1975) 1 copy
Móðirin 1 copy
MAA -1 1 copy
Três Vidas 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Vingt-six et une (2014) 1 copy
Les Époux Orlov (2020) 1 copy
Le patron 1 copy
les déchus (1966) 1 copy
La Joven Italia (1972) 1 copy
EL PATRONO 1 copy
THOMAS GORDEIEV (2002) 1 copy
NENA 1 copy
ADOLESHENTI 1 copy
Maximo Gorki 1 copy
Un incidente 1 copy
La angustia 1 copy
MICHA 1 copy
GOR La madre 1 copy
En la Prisión (1912) 1 copy
Aai 1 copy
TEEN PEEDI 1 copy
WE TEEN 1 copy
i mana / η μάνα (2010) 1 copy
Az anya 1 copy
Os Vagabundos (2009) 1 copy
Mis universidades (1978) 1 copy
Ema 1 copy
বুড়ো 1 copy
Drámák (1983) 1 copy
Az áruló 1 copy
Maailmalla 1 copy
Kulkuri 1 copy
Äiti 1 copy
Vakooja 1 copy
V. I. Lenin 1 copy
El domingo rojo (1974) 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Maxim Gorky (2017) 1 copy
Cuentos / 1 1 copy
Les cafards 1 copy
The magnet 1 copy
El cinismo 1 copy
O ESPIÃO 1 copy
O espiô 1 copy
Moscú 1984 1 copy
1905 1 copy
Varvara 1 copy
Las sectas 1 copy
En la cárcel (1979) 1 copy
Pʹesy 1 copy
Plays 1 copy
Gorky 1 copy
Gyermekkorom 1 copy
Copilăria 1 copy
Incontri 1 copy
Nyár 1 copy
Izbrannye Sochineniia (1946) 1 copy
Žmonėse 1 copy
A Confession 1 copy
Fra la gente 1 copy
Due anime 1 copy
Ahogy én tanultam (1981) 1 copy
حياتي 1 copy
طفولتي 1 copy
Soviet Short Stories (2001) 1 copy
The Works: Maxim Gorky (2008) 1 copy
The Zykovs 1 copy
כתבים 1 copy
ילדות (1995) 1 copy
Three of Them. (2016) 1 copy
Maa 1 copy
MAAN 1 copy
Chhalana 1 copy
Veh Teen 1 copy
Mera Bachpan 1 copy
Lenine 1 copy
Stories of the Steppe (2003) 1 copy
Vassa (2019) 1 copy
Orloff and His Wife (2018) 1 copy
Insanlarimiz (1995) 1 copy
Konovalov (2017) 1 copy
Arkadas (2016) 1 copy
Mujik (2014) 1 copy
Põhjas 1 copy
Çelkaş 1 copy
Karsiliksiz Bir Ask (2020) 1 copy
Vom dummen Iwanuschka (1976) 1 copy
Na dne izbrannoje (2002) 1 copy
Über Weltliteratur (1969) 1 copy
Slaven 1 copy
Romane 1 copy
Letters 1 copy
Stormfuglen (1987) 1 copy
Drei Dramen 1 copy
I decaduti 1 copy
Die Mutter (2017) 1 copy
W Ameryce 1 copy
Trojica 1 copy
U tamnici 1 copy
Drame 1 copy
Tra la Gente 1 copy
Självbiografi (2023) 1 copy
Il burlone 1 copy
Erzählungen 1 copy
Tolstoj 1 copy
Noterelle 1 copy

Associated Works

Best Russian Short Stories (1917) — Contributor — 307 copies
75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature (1961) — Contributor — 289 copies
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (1998) — Contributor — 274 copies
A World of Great Stories (1947) 252 copies
The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader (1993) — Author, some editions — 198 copies
Great Russian Short Stories (1958) 179 copies
The Book of Spies: An Anthology of Literary Espionage (2003) — Contributor — 166 copies
Great Russian Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) (2003) — Contributor — 135 copies
Great Russian Plays (1960) — Contributor — 94 copies
Great Soviet Short Stories (1962) — Contributor — 75 copies
Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas (1605) — Contributor — 43 copies
Gorky (1954) — Contributor — 23 copies
20th Century Russian Drama (1963) — Contributor — 22 copies
The Storm and Other Russian Plays (1960) — Contributor, some editions — 22 copies
The Lower Depths [1957 film] (2015) — Original play — 17 copies
Treasury of the Theatre: From Ibsen to Sartre (1951) — Contributor — 17 copies
Meesters der Russische vertelkunst (1948) — Contributor — 17 copies
Great Short Novels of the World (1927) — Contributor — 15 copies
All verdens fortellere (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 15 copies
14 Great Short Stories By Soviet Authors (1959) — Contributor — 15 copies
Selected Russian Short Stories (1928) — Contributor — 13 copies
Russische verhalen (1965) — Contributor — 11 copies
Internacia krestomatio — Contributor — 7 copies
Tredive mesterfortællinger — Author, some editions — 3 copies
American Aphrodite (Volume Two, Number Five) (1952) — Contributor — 2 copies
i 10 : internationale revue, 1927-1929 (1979) — Contributor — 2 copies
Representative Modern Short Stories (1929) — Contributor — 2 copies

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farrhon | 1 other review | Sep 18, 2023 |
One of Gorky's greatest works. It chronicles how the mind of a youth Russia at the time of revolution worked. It's a Universal theme and the end is just as elegant...
 
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NitinKhanna | 30 other reviews | Jun 13, 2023 |
Pélagué Nilovna vive na efervescente Rússia pré-revolução. Seu filho, Pavel, operário de uma fábrica, entende que seu tempo exige uma mudança social profunda, o que se apresenta a ele muito cedo. O jovem se aproxima do movimento revolucionário e acaba sendo deportado. Quando isso acontece, sua mãe, que vinha se alinhando aos ideais que motivavam o filho, toma sua parte na luta, em um exercício de força, empatia e humanidade. Uma das obras mais fundamentais da literatura russa, A mãe faz de Górki o romancista de uma nova era, vislumbrada a partir de sua própria experiência. Além da apresentação de Marques Rebelo, esta edição conta com prefácio inédito do escritor e professor com pós-doutorado em literatura russa Flávio Ricardo Vassoler.… (more)
 
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