Maxim Gorky (1868–1936)
Author of Mother
About the Author
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the new regime after the October Revolution: His collected articles from 1917-18, Untimely Thoughts, remained unpublished in the Soviet Union until recently.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)
Series
Works by Maxim Gorky
Untimely Thoughts: Essays on Revolution, Culture, and the Bolsheviks, 1917-1918 (Russian Literature and Thought Series) (1970) 56 copies
Gorky Plays: 1: The Lower Depths, Summerfolk, Children of the Sun, Barbarians, and Enemies (Methuen's World Dramatists) (1950) 38 copies
Gorky's Tolstoy and Other Reminiscences: Key Writings by and about Maxim Gorky (Russian Literature and Thought… (2008) 19 copies
IHMISEN SYNTY 12 copies
The Lower Depths [1936 Jean Renoir film] / The Lower Depths [1957 Akira Kurosawa film] (1936) — Original play — 7 copies
Gorky Plays: 2: The Zykovs; Egor Bulychov; Vassa Zheleznova (The Mother); The Last Ones (Methuen World Classics) (v. 2) (2003) 7 copies
Seven Plays of Maxim Gorky : The theater of Maxim Gorky, by Alexander Bakshy; The lower depths; Barbarians; Enemies;… (1946) 5 copies
Other Fires 5 copies
THE HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN THE U.S.S.R.: Vol 1 - The Prelude of the Great Proletarian Revolution (From the… (1936) 5 copies
Varenka Olesova : novela / Maximo Gorki ; la traducción del ruso ha sido hecha por N. Tasin 5 copies
I vagabondi 4 copies
Incendio — Author — 4 copies
Chelkash 4 copies
Pepe : jutustus 3 copies
Reminiscences of my youth, 3 copies
Erzählungen, Skizzen, Erinnerungen 3 copies
Collected works in ten volumes 3 copies
Pequenos burgueses; Mãe 3 copies
Erzählungen 3 copies
Il ghiaccio si muove 3 copies
Onder de levenden : verhalen 3 copies
Selected Stories 3 copies
Макар Чудра и другие рассказы 3 copies
Muinasjutud Itaaliast 3 copies
Ilya's childhood and Children 2 copies
Artamonow i synowie 2 copies
The last plays of Maxim Gorki; 2 copies
Obras Inmortales: La madre ; Tomás Gordeiev ; Mis confesiones ; El crimen de los Artamonov ; El espía ; Los tres ; En… (1981) 2 copies
Valitut teokset 3 2 copies
VALITUT TEOKSET 2 2 copies
האוניברסיטאות שלי 2 copies
Angustia 2 copies
Valittuja : novelleja ja runoja 2 copies
Halki Venäjän 2 copies
Servidão de Amor 2 copies
"Foma, kauppiaan poika" 2 copies
Rusia. Volumen 2 — Contributor — 2 copies
Inimeste seas : romaan 2 copies
Jutustusi : 1892-1896 2 copies
Varenka Olesova novela 2 copies
Yaşanmış hikayeler 2 copies
Piccoli borghesi 2 copies
Trije ljudje 2 copies
The Mother 2 copies
Klim Samghin Opere XIX 2 copies
Die Holzflösser und andere Erzählungen (Maxim Gorki Gesammelte Werke in Einzelausgaben, 1) (1926) 2 copies
Boles 2 copies
Contos 2 copies
Рассказы; Пьесы; Мать 2 copies
Песня о Соколе 2 copies
A mulher dos olhos azuis 2 copies
Рассказы 2 copies
Urspårade 2 copies
Η ΜΑΝΑ 2 copies
Voragem 2 copies
GANHANDO MEU PÃO 2 copies
Η μάνα 2 copies
Der Spitzel. Roman 2 copies
Els menestrals 2 copies
CUENTOS ESCOGIDOS 2 copies
Streik in Neapel 2 copies
Urspårade med flera berättelser 2 copies
Artomonovs - del 1 2 copies
Zigenare 2 copies
Zulüm 2 copies
L'oro del Volga 2 copies
Wanderer in den Morgen. 2 copies
Erlebnisse und Begegnungen 2 copies
Boredom 2 copies
Dizzy : Erzählung aus dem Jahre 1950 2 copies
Kiel mi lernis 2 copies
A MESTER 2 copies
Vagabundo filosófico 1 copy
Yanshan Ming Zhu 10th Anniversary Special Edition: Childhood / in the world / my college [Paperback] (1991) 1 copy
Hjá vandalausum 1 copy
Dramen Band 1 1 copy
Dramen Band 2 1 copy
Frühe Dramen 1 copy
Móðirin 1 copy
Werke in vier Bänden 1 copy
MAA -1 1 copy
Yirmialtı Adam ve Bir Kız 1 copy
Móðirin - síðari hluti 1 copy
Im Banne der Kleinstadt 1 copy
Varenka Olessova 1 copy
Três Vidas 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Le patron 1 copy
Une vie inutile 1 copy
Maxim Gorki-Bystander. 1 copy
Maxime Gorki. Vie de Klim Samguine. II Klim l'étudiant : . Traduit du russe par M. Dumesnil de Gramont (1935) 1 copy
Lénine et le paysan russe 1 copy
Ein Sommer. Roman 1 copy
Gueules terribles 1 copy
Klim Samin I-IV 1 copy
Relatos. Pacckazbi 1 copy
EL PATRONO 1 copy
Abenteuer meiner Jugend 1 copy
Como aprendi a escrever 1 copy
Wanderungen durch Russland 1 copy
O Vagabundo Filósofo 1 copy
Jutustusi : 1907-1909 1 copy
OS VAGABUNDOS I E II 1 copy
NENA 1 copy
ADOLESHENTI 1 copy
VEPRA TE ZGJEDHURA 1 copy
NJEZET E GJASHTE DHE NJE 1 copy
Maximo Gorki 1 copy
Un incidente 1 copy
La angustia 1 copy
MICHA 1 copy
Bárbara Olessova - Cuentos 1 copy
Teatro Completo 1 copy
Teatro Completo, Tomo IV 1 copy
Los Artamanov 1 copy
GOR La madre 1 copy
As Minhas Universidades 1 copy
Sahityik Sansmaran 1 copy
Aai 1 copy
TEEN PEEDI 1 copy
Οι Αρταμανοφ 1 copy
WE TEEN 1 copy
Janta Ke Bich 1 copy
A velha Izerguil 1 copy
தாய் (Tamil Edition) 1 copy
Az anya 1 copy
Barndom och vandringsår I 1 copy
Stikhotvoreniia 1 copy
Os Degenerados 1 copy
Ema 1 copy
AMAR CHELEBELA 1 copy
PRITHIBIR PATHSHALAY 1 copy
ইতালির রূপকথা 1 copy
বুড়ো 1 copy
Az áruló 1 copy
Maailmalla 1 copy
Mis universidades 1 copy
Kulkuri 1 copy
Valitut teokset 4 1 copy
Äiti 1 copy
Artamonovien tarina 1 copy
Vakooja 1 copy
"Ihmisen synty, kertomuksia" 1 copy
V. I. Lenin 1 copy
Dostigaiev e altri 1 copy
Мать : Дело Артамоновых 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Cuentos / 1 1 copy
La nueva infantesa 1 copy
Sögur frá Sovétríkjunum 1 copy
Сказки ; Рассказы 1 copy
В Америке 1 copy
Рассказы и сказки 1 copy
Untimely Thoughts; Essays on Revolution, Culture, and the Bolsheviks, 1917-1918 [By] Maxim Gorky. Translated from the… (1968) 1 copy
Baśnie włoskie 1 copy
Jak uczyłem się 1 copy
Les cafards 1 copy
The magnet 1 copy
El cinismo 1 copy
Sem Sol, Albergue Nocturno 1 copy
Los hijos del sol 1 copy
O ESPIÃO 1 copy
O espiô 1 copy
Moscú 1984 1 copy
1905 1 copy
Varvara 1 copy
Las sectas 1 copy
El gorrioncito # 01123 1 copy
Los bajos fondos 1 copy
Los vagabundos 1 copy
Páginas de un desconocido 1 copy
Páginas Autobiográficas 1 copy
Autores rusos contemporaneos 1 copy
Obras completas 1 copy
Näidendid : 1901-1906 1 copy
Valitud jutustused 1 copy
Maxim Gorky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexei Tolstoy, Konstantin Fedin on the art and craft of writing 1 copy
Le passeggiate del diavolo 1 copy
Pʹesy 1 copy
Untimely Thoughts; Essays on Revolution, Culture, and the Bolsheviks, 1917-1918 [By] Maxim Gorky. Translated from the… (1968) 1 copy
Plays 1 copy
Gorky 1 copy
Gyermekkorom 1 copy
Η φλογερή καρδιά του Ντάνκο 1 copy
Põhjas : näidend 4 vaatuses 1 copy
Tarbetu inimese elu : romaan 1 copy
Jutustusi : 1896-1900 1 copy
Põhjas : näidend 1 copy
Jutustusi : 1909-1912 1 copy
Jutustusi : 1912-1923 1 copy
Näidendid : 1901-1906 1 copy
History of the Civil War in the USSR (volume 1) The Prelude to the Great Proletarian Revolution 1 copy
Neizdannaíà perepiska s Bogdanovym, Leninym, Stalinym, Zinov§evym, Kamenevym, Korolenko (1998) 1 copy
Four Soviet plays 1 copy
Biblioteca Basica Salvat libro RTV numero 056:Cuentos rusos (numerado 2 en interior cubierta) (1970) 1 copy
Karsilik Görmeyen Ask 1 copy
Mit Liv - IV. Vandringer 1 copy
Naynter yanuar 1 copy
Copilăria 1 copy
Upprop till kulturvärlden 1 copy
Elbeszélések : 1895-1896 1 copy
Ocherki i vospominanija 1 copy
Dray naye skitsen 1 copy
Rasskazy, tom 1 1 copy
Incontri 1 copy
Nyár 1 copy
Színművek : 1901-1906 1 copy
Žmonėse 1 copy
Collected Works 1 copy
[Maa'n] ماں 1 copy
Дело Артамоновых; Рассказы 1 copy
Карамора 1 copy
Избранное 1 copy
Самовар (Russian Edition) 1 copy
Tra le macerie di Messina 1 copy
A Confession 1 copy
Fra la gente 1 copy
Considerazioni inattuali 1 copy
Vladimir Iliitch Lénine 1 copy
In America La madre 1 copy
Nelle carceri russe 1 copy
OPERE 9: 1910-1917 Racconti sull'Italia. Un grande amore. Tre giorni. Un caso della vita di Makar. 1 copy
Giovinezza tormentata 1 copy
Come vidi l'america 1 copy
Due anime 1 copy
Scritti filosofici e sociali 1 copy
Kinder der Sonne - Programm 1 copy
Klim Samghin Opere XVI 1 copy
Σελίδες εκ της επαναστάσεως 1 copy
Klim Samghin Opere XVIII 1 copy
Klim Samghin Opere XVII 1 copy
Jeevan Ki Rahon Par 1 copy
OPERE 13: 1921-1924 Il tempo di Korolenko. Il danno della filosofia. Primo amore. Note di diario. 1 copy
Een natuurkind 1 copy
The Works of Maxim Gorky 1 copy
The Nightingale (Condensed) 1 copy
The Nightingale 1 copy
Εκλεκτά Έργα 1 copy
Старуха Изергиль 1 copy
حياتي 1 copy
طفولتي 1 copy
Tales of Italy. Childhood 1 copy
The Story of a Novel 1 copy
Srestho Golpo 1 copy
Prithibir Pathshalay 1 copy
Prithibir Pothe 1 copy
The Zykovs 1 copy
כתבים 1 copy
Plays. The Lower Depths, Summer Folk, Enemies, Yegor Bulychov and Others, Vassa Zheleznova (1975) 1 copy
Ο Σοσιαλιστικός Ρεαλισμός 1 copy
رجال ونساء 1 copy
Mere Vishhwavidyyalay 1 copy
Maa 1 copy
Os Vagabundos / II 1 copy
أرض الضياع 1 copy
كيف تعلمت الكتابة 1 copy
MAAN 1 copy
Tolstoy'dan Anılar 1 copy
Chhalana 1 copy
Chuni Hui Rachnayen, 2 (Budhiya Izergil, Chelkash, Baaz Ka Geet, Lev Tolstoy, Tutati Kadiyan) 1 copy
Veh Teen 1 copy
Mera Bachpan 1 copy
Lenine 1 copy
קלים סאמגין : רומאן 1 copy
מבחר סיפורי גורקי 1 copy
Nuoruuteni yliopistot 1 copy
Οι πρώην άνθρωποι 1 copy
ΔΙΗΓΗΜΑΤΑ 1 copy
La Angustia - El Lector 1 copy
Wśród ludzi 1 copy
Pemogokan Indonesian 1 copy
Dongeng dari Sayap Kiri 1 copy
Fortellinger I 1 copy
Fortellinger II 1 copy
Fortellinger III 1 copy
Páginas de un descontento 1 copy
El espectador novela 1 copy
Selected Works. The Mother 1 copy
Põhjas 1 copy
YIRMI ALTI ADAM VE BIR KIZ 1 copy
Çelkaş 1 copy
İnsanlarımız 1 copy
Fortellinger IV 1 copy
Os Vagabundos 1 copy
Literaire portretten 1 copy
Konowalow. Großvater Archip 1 copy
Mother Мать 母亲 3 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke I.-II. 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke III.-V. 1 copy
De jonge stormvogel 1 copy
Onder Vreemden 1 copy
Slaven 1 copy
Mother 1 Матъ 1 母亲 1 1 copy
Romane 1 copy
Fra Stepperne 1 copy
Letters 1 copy
Due ritratti del Kaiser 1 copy
Drei Dramen 1 copy
Ein junges Mädchen Erzählung von Maxim Gorki [d.i. Aleksěj Maksimovič Pěškov]. Deutsch von L. M.… 1 copy
O anagnostis / Ο αναγνώστης 1 copy
I decaduti 1 copy
Skrifter 1 Barndom 1 copy
Skrifter 2-3 2 Ut i verden 1 copy
Natthärbärget 1 copy
Skrifter 5 1 Fortellinger 1 copy
Artamonovs verk. B.1 1 copy
Artamonovs verk. B.2 1 copy
Fortellinger. B.4 1 copy
Fortellinger. B.1 1 copy
Ut i verden / B.2 1 copy
Skrifter 9 3 Fortellinger 1 copy
W Ameryce 1 copy
I tre e altri racconti 1 copy
VALITUT TEOKSET 4 1 copy
RASSKAZY = KERTOMUKSIA 1 copy
Kirjad kolleegidele 1 copy
Trojica 1 copy
U tamnici 1 copy
Mother Мать 母亲 4 1 copy
Drame 1 copy
Pripovjetke 1910-1915 1 copy
Městečko Okurov Léto 1 copy
Tra la Gente 1 copy
Gli ex-uomini 1 copy
Racconti del Volga 1 copy
L'adolescente 1 copy
Il burlone 1 copy
Ricordi su Leone Tolstoi 1 copy
℗La ℗madre 1 copy
Erzählungen 1 copy
Tolstoj 1 copy
Noterelle 1 copy
Beste Van Gorki, Het 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributor — 142 copies
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (2008) — Contributor — 91 copies
Anthology of Russian Literature in the Soviet Period from Gorki to Pasternak (1960) — Contributor — 69 copies
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1992) — Contributor — 57 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Contributor — 40 copies
Four Modern Plays Ibsen: Rosmersholm. Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest. Rostand: Cyrano de Bergerac. Gorky: The… (1961) 13 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Internacia krestomatio — Contributor — 7 copies
Tredive mesterfortællinger — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Gorki, Maksim
- Legal name
- Peshkov, Aleksei Maksimovich
- Other names
- Khlamida, Jehudiel
Gorky, Maxsim - Birthdate
- 1868-03-28
- Date of death
- 1936-06-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Gorki Leninskiye, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
- Places of residence
- Capri, Italy
Adirondack Mountains, USA
St. Petersburg, Russia
Moscow, Russia
Sorrento, Italy - Occupations
- writer
political activist - Relationships
- Budberg, Moura (lover)
- Organizations
- Bolshevik Party
- Awards and honors
- Honorary Academician of Literature (annulled by the Tsar)
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