Gorky, Maxim
BORN: , Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
DIED: , Moscow, USSR
NATIONALITY: Russian
GENRE: Drama, fiction, poetry
MAJOR WORKS:
The Lower Depths ()
Mother ()
In the World ()
My Universities ()
My Childhood ()
Overview
Maxim Gorky (a pseudonym for Alexei Maximovich Peshkov) is recognized as one of the earliest and foremost exponents of socialist realism in literature. His brutal yet romantic portraits of Russian life and his sympathetic depictions of the working class had an inspirational effect on the oppressed people of his native land. From until his death, Gorky was considered Russia's greatest living writer. Gorky the tramp, the rebel, is as much a legend as the strong, individual characters presented in his stories. His
hero was a new type in the history of Russian literature—a figure drawn from the masses of a growing industrialized society; his most famous novel, Mother (), was the first in that country to portray the factory worker as a force destined to overthrow the existing order.
Works in Biographical and Historical Context
An Orphan and a Runaway Gorky was orphaned at the age of ten and raised by his maternal grandparents. He was
Book Synopsis My Universities, Autobiography Part III by : Maxim Gorky
Download or read book My Universities, Autobiography Part III written by Maxim Gorky and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last volume in Gorky’s grand autobiographical trilogy, "My Universities" covers the years of the author’s adolescence. The narrative provides a candid, unflinching portrayal of one of Russia's major revolutionary voices living among the impoverished and downtrodden of society. Throughout the narrative we follow Gorky as he takes on job after job and learns various life lessons that form the nucleus of his "university" education. The meticulous description of at first seemingly insignificant details reveal Gorky’s fine-tuned literary eye. A beautiful and realistic struggle of a man who hoped to tear down class barrier, and a call for compassion, this classic is a must-read. Maxim Gorky () forged his reputation among the most talented and original Russian modern writers. His position in Russian literature is indisputable, as demonstrated by his five Nobel Prize nominations. A dissenter
Autobiography of Maxim Gorky: My Childhood, in the World, My Universities
Maxim Gorky, like Leo Tolstoy, was primarily an autobiographical author, and the material here is considered amongst the greatest of his writings. Not only do they give the astonishingly varied life of Gorky from childhood through youth, but they also provide us with an unforgettable picture of one of the most crucial generations in Russian life and history --the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The autobiography begins at the age of five and ends with Gorky secure in his position as one of the leading Russian writers. From the beginning, the story is organized as a quest for knowledge and understanding, of oneself and the world one lives in. This quest brings Gorky into contact with the harsh realities of life in late 19th century Russia -the life that was to constitute his "universities". We follow him as he turns from one job to another in an effort to make a living for himself - rag picker, errand and stock boy, junior clerk, bird catcher, cabin boy on a Volga steamer, apprentice in an icon factory, baker, watchman and freight handler at railroad stations. We move with Gorky in his life of wan
My Apprenticeship, My Universities
The stories My Apprenticeship and My Universities included in this volume conclude M. Gorky’s autobiographical trilogy whose first book is Childhood.
Alexei Peshkov—the future writer Maxim Gorky—lost both his parents when he was little more than a child. He worked as a boy in a shoe shop, then as a dishwasher on a Volga steamboat, and then was apprenticed to some icon painters.
He came to Kazan when he was 16 with the hope of being admitted to the University, but he was sorely dissappointed. Instead of studying he had to do manual work for a living, and share the existence of the paupers in the slums. Such were the opportunities tsarist Russia had to offer a young man of Gorky’s giftedness in this big and noisy town. However, it was here that he became acquainted with the revolutionary-minded intellectuals and made contact with the first Kazan circles. And it was here that he conceived the desire which developed with the years to re-make the life of the Russian people and fight for their happiness.
Translated from the Russian by Margaret Wettlin
Illustrations by the Merited Artist of the RSFSR Boris Dekhterev
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