Abject poverty forced Gorky to work from the age of 8 and, consequently, he roamed over Russia and published his first story, Makar Chudra, in 1892. His reputation grew with the publication of Chelkash in 1895 and this was followed by other well-known works such as Twenty-six Men and a Girl (1899), Forma Gordeer (1899) and The Mother (1907). His poverty greatly influenced his autobiographical trilogy, Childhood (1913), In the World (1915) and My Universities (1923). Gorky took part in the 1905 Revolution and after the 1917 Revolution, he was forced to go abroad to Italy because of his independent views. He returned to Russia in 1928, supported the government, assisted in the development of the doctrine of Socialist Realism and was elected President of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1934. |
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