Gorky (28 March 1868 – 18 June 1936), formerly known as Alexei Maximovich Pishkov, was a Soviet writer who worked as an apprentice, docker, baker, etc., and traveled extensively throughout Russia. Gorky is the most famous proletarian writer in modern times, he created a lot of literary works in his lifetime, at the age of 24, he published his first work of his life, "Makar Chudra", and since then he has devoted himself to the literary cause and created many shocking works.
The most representative work of Gorky's life is his autobiographical trilogy, the first part is "Childhood", the second part is "On Earth", and finally "My University". His representative works also include the novel "Mother" and the script "Little Citizen". On October 22, 1927, the USSR Academy of Sciences decided to confer on Gorky the title of proletarian writer for the 35th anniversary of his beginning of writing.
There is a passage in his Childhood that is very incisive: Our lives are amazing, not only because the soil of our lives, full of all kinds of beastly bad things, is so rich and fertile, but also because from this soil still triumphantly grows something distinct, healthy, creative, growing goodness, the goodness inherent in man. These things evoke an indestructible hope that a bright, humane life will eventually awaken.