Maxim Gorky

Personal Info

  • Known ForWriting
  • GenderMale
  • Birthday1869-03-28
  • Day of Death1936-06-18 (67 years)
  • Place of BirthNizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]
  • Also Known AsMaxime GorkiMaximo GorkiAlexis PechkovAlekseï PechkovАлексей ПешковМ. ГорькийМ.Горький

Maxim Gorky

Biography

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (1868–1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (Russian: Максим Горький), was a Russian writer and political activist. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Before his success as an author, he travelled widely across the Russian Empire changing jobs frequently, experiences which would later influence his writing. Gorky's most famous works are a...Read More