Maxim Gorky

1868 – 1936 · died at about 68^[1][2]

Literature

Fun Facts About Maxim Gorky

• Maxim Gorky was a pen name: the writer was born Alexei Peshkov, and "Gorky" literally means "bitter", reflecting his determination to speak the bitter truth about life in Russia.^[1]
• Gorky visited New York in 1906 at Mark Twain's invitation, but a White House invitation from Theodore Roosevelt was withdrawn when a newspaper reported his companion was not his wife.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}
• The world's largest fixed-wing aircraft of the mid-1930s, the Tupolev ANT-20, was named Maxim Gorky, and his home city of Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky.^[1]
• Before his success as an author, Gorky traveled on foot across the Russian Empire for five years, changing jobs and gathering impressions he later used in his books.^[1]
• When Tsar Nicholas II annulled Gorky's 1902 election as an honorary academician, Anton Chekhov left the academy in protest.^[1][7][8]
• After Gorky read his fairy tale poem "A Girl and Death" to Joseph Stalin in 1931, Stalin wrote on it: "This piece is stronger than Goethe's Faust".^{[1][9][10][11][12]}
• Maxim Gorky was alive at the same time as Elvis Presley — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1935–1936).^{[1][2][13][14]}
• Maxim Gorky and Roald Amundsen died on the same day of the year, June 18.^{[1][2][15][16]}

Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, and proponent of socialism. 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; these experiences would later influence his writing. He associated with fellow Russian writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, both mentioned by Gorky in his memoirs.^[1]

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Henry Ford

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H.G. Wells

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Max Planck

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Rudyard Kipling

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George Bernard Shaw

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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David Hilbert

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Questions About Maxim Gorky

When was Maxim Gorky born?

Maxim Gorky was born in 1868 and died on June 18, 1936.

How old was Maxim Gorky at death?

Maxim Gorky died in 1936 at about 68 years old (1868–1936).

What was Maxim Gorky known for?

Maxim Gorky was known for: Russian writer of The Lower Depths. Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, popularly known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian and Soviet writer, journalist, and proponent of socialism. 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; these experiences would later influence his writing. He associated with fellow Russian writers Leo Tolstoy and Anton Chekhov, both mentioned by Gorky in his memoirs.

Who was alive at the same time as Maxim Gorky?

Maxim Gorky's closest contemporary was John D. Rockefeller. Their lives overlapped for 68 years.