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Maksim Gor'kii

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Birth Name: Aleksey Maksimoviç Peşkov

Born: 28 March 1868 Died: 18 June 1936

Country of origin: Russian Federation


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Description: Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексе́й Макси́мович Пе́шков or Пешко́в[1]) (March 28 [O.S. March 16] 1868 – June 18, 1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим Горький), was a Russian/Soviet author, a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist.[2] From 1906 to 1913 and from 1921 to 1929 he lived abroad, mostly in Capri, Italy; after his return to the Soviet Union he accepted the cultural policies of the time, although he was not permitted to leave the country. [edit] Life Gorky was born in Nizhny Novgorod and became an orphan at the age of ... (more)
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