Maxim Gorky (1868.3.28—1936.6.18), formerly known as Alexei Macsimovici Piskov, was a great proletarian writer, poet, critic, political commentator and scholar in the Soviet Union. ?
1On March 28th, 868, Gorky was born in a carpenter's family in Nizhny Novgorod town on the Volga River. When his father died at the age of 4, he spent his childhood with his mother at his grandfather's house. 10 years old, Gorky began to make a living independently. He worked as an apprentice, porter, janitor, baker, etc. , personally experienced the suffering of the lower classes. During this period, he studied hard and began to explore the truth of transforming society. From 65438 to 0884, he joined the populists, read the works of populists and Marx, and actively participated in revolutionary activities.
From 65438 to 0905, Gorky joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. From 65438 to 0906, Gorky was entrusted by Lenin to carry out revolutionary activities in the United States from Finland, and published the novel Mother in the United States. Later he settled in Capri, Italy. 19 13 years, Gorky returned to work in proletarian cultural organizations from Italy and presided over the literary column of Pravda.
19 17 After the October Revolution, Gorky came into conflict with Lenin and the new regime with chaos, destruction, anarchy and various violent incidents. 192 1 year1October, Gorky went abroad to recuperate due to illness and differences with the Bolshevik regime. 1928, Gorky returned to the Soviet Union. Under Stalin's arrangement, he made two long-distance trips in Russia and decided to return to China to settle down.
1934 was elected chairman of the writers association. After Gorky returned to China, as a banner of Soviet cultural circles, he did a lot of work for Soviet cultural construction. However, various problems in the Soviet Union in the 1930s kept him at a certain distance from Stalin and real politics.