In 1869, March 14, in Nizhny Novgorod, was born writer, whose nickname - Maxim Gorky.The present is his name Alex Peshkov.
Gorky: biography, a brief history of the life of an interesting person
He lost his parents very early, so his childhood and youth lived with his grandfather Basil Kashirinyh.His grandfather died when Alex was 19, after which the future writer went to travel to Russia, wanting to find ideas to create interesting stories.
Youth writer
biography Gorky, just like life, is very complex.After enrolling in school, 2 years later he was forced to leave school.It is connected with the death of my mother and the complete ruin of his grandfather.After that, the future writer had become a shoemaker working in the drawing studio and explore iconography.In subsequent years, all attempts to return to school was a failure.Continuous failure in life almost led to the fact that he almost killed himself.Biography Gorky in adolescence indicates the severity and intolerable existence.Over the years, he has seen much traveling and working in very different areas.
In the years of wandering and wandering, he was able to meet with the writer Korolenko, which helped to improve the work of Maxim Gorky.The first story of Alexei appeared in the newspaper "Caucasus", it was called "Makar Chudra."So at 24 years the writer came to be known to people under the pseudonym Maxim Gorky.
Korolenko role in the life of the writer
Since 1892 biography of Gorky began to develop much more successful.Since that time, his main assistant and mentor was Korolenko.He helped in the publication of the subsequent stories of Maxim.It Vladimir Galaktionovich gave him advice and talked about the writer in various publishing houses.From 1893 to 1895 years, it has been published for more than seven stories Gorky.All of them were first printed in the Volga press.
After publishing stories biography of Gorky got a new development: he went to a regular job in the "Samara newspaper", where daily published under the heading "the way."Here are just a pseudonym, he signed Jehudiel chlamydia.The first book ("Essays and Stories"), which was written in two volumes, was published when Maxim was already 30 years old.And she liked the critics, so Gorky began to write the novel "Foma Gordeyev."At the time he became a recognized writer: he was now recognized as one of the best and well-known authors of the time.
Next Gorky went into drama and wrote two of the most famous plays - "Philistines" and "The Lower Depths", which received an unusually great success, but at the same time caused a public anti-government speech.Gorky was repeatedly arrested and detained, as he was one of the most active participants in the revolutionary movement.In 1905 the writer was jailed for six months for having called on the people to overthrow the government.But he was released due to the pressure of society.One of the most "scandalous" of Gorky is the novel "Mother", which was written in 1906, in the midst of the revolution.
After the publication of the story Maxim seven years he lived in Europe.Then, in 1913, he returned to Russia and wrote many interesting works.After the revolution, his career took off.From 1934 to 1936 the Maxim Gorky headed the Union of Soviet Writers.Writer died in 68 years, and had lived a fairly rich and interesting life.