Writer

Maxim Gorky

1868 – 1936

Active years (films on this site)

1926–1983

Genres

DramaCrimeRomance

Schools and movements

Contemporary European Art CinemaFrench Poetic Realism and Classical CinemaJapanese Golden AgeSoviet Montage

Directors worked with

Vsevolod Pudovkin1 filmJean Renoir1 filmAkira Kurosawa1 filmGleb Panfilov1 film

Biography

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.

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Awards and honours

International

• Order of Lenin 1932
• Honorary Academician in the field of belles-lettres

National / local

• Griboyedov Prize 1903

4 films on this site

1. Mother (1926) 1926 · Vsevolod Pudovkin · IMDb 7.4 · Writer
2. The Lower Depths 1936 · Jean Renoir · IMDb 7.5 · Writer
3. The Lower Depths (1957) 1957 · Akira Kurosawa · IMDb 7.2 · Writer
4. Vassa 1983 · Gleb Panfilov · IMDb 7.5 · Writer