Maksim Gorki
Maxim Gorky (real name Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov) was born on March 28, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod and died on June 18, 1936 in Moscow. He was a Russian writer, revolutionary, and political activist. His name became synonymous with social realism and literature dedicated to the working class.
He grew up in difficult conditions, and after the death of his parents, he was forced to work various jobs. Strong social sensitivity shaped his creativity, and he translated the experiences of his youth into literary works. He became one of the key Russian writers of the turn of the 19th to the 20th century and an important ideologist of socialist realism.
His most important works include:
Autobiographical trilogy: Childhood (1913), In the World (1916), My Universities (1923)
Novel Mother (1906) – a key novel of social realism
Short stories and collections: Around Russia (1923), Fairy Tales of Italy (1911), Russian Fairy Tales
Drama At the Bottom (1902) – one of his most famous theatrical works
Gorky was active in political life, participated in the 1905 revolution, lived in exile, and returned to the USSR in 1932, where he became a symbol of Soviet literature.
Titel im Angebot
Čovjek
Man by Maxim Gorky, translated by Ozren Subotić (Vukovar, 1905), is a philosophical and literary work that glorifies the dignity of man, his creative power, freedom of spirit, and the fight against social injustice.
Djela #11: Gradić Okurov / Život Matveja Kožemjakina
The story "Gradić Okurov" is a short novel written by Gorki in 1909. The work depicts the life of the small provincial town of Okurova and its inhabitants, focusing on the monotony, stagnation and moral decadence of society.
Djela #13: Po Rusiji
„Po Rusiji“ je zbirka priča Maksima Gorkog, objavljena između 1911. i 1917. godine. Ova zbirka sadrži priče koje oslikavaju život i duh ruskog naroda tokom previranja početkom 20. veka.
Djela #14: Bajke o Italiji / Ruske bajke / Balada o grofici Elen de Kursi
„Bajke o Italiji“ je zbirka priča Maksima Gorkog, nastala tokom njegovog boravka u Italiji početkom 20. veka. „Ruske bajke” predstavljaju Gorkijevu interpretaciju tradicionalnih ruskih narodnih bajki.
Djela #15: Pripovetke / Drame
The book contains the following stories and plays: Three Days, Theft, Criminals, Thefts, Fake Money and The Old Man.
Djela #16: Djetinjstvo
The first part of Gorky's autobiographical trilogy, published in 1913, depicts the author's difficult upbringing under the Tsarist regime. The book follows Alexei Peshkov (real name Maxim Gorky) from his early childhood to his teenage years.
Djela #17: U svijetu
"In the World" is the second part of Maxim Gorky's autobiographical trilogy, published in 1916. The trilogy includes the works "Childhood", "In the World", and "My Universities", providing insight into the author's formative years.
Djela #18: Moji univerziteti
In addition to the autobiographical work "My Universities", this volume also contains the autobiographical stories The Watchman, Korolenko's Age, On the Harmfulness of Philosophy and On First Love.
Djela #7: U Americi / Moji intervjui / Vojnici / Neprijatelji
Maxim Gorki hielt sich 1906 in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika auf. In dieser Zeit verfasste er mehrere Werke, meist als Reaktion auf das Scheitern der Russischen Revolution im Jahr 1905.