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Maxim Gorky
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Russian and Soviet writer (1868–1936)

Also known as: Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki, Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Peshkov, Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, Alexei Maximowitsch Peschkow

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Known works

  • Great Short Stories of the World
  • Na dne (1931)
  • Childhood
  • Mother (1987)
  • Selected works (1939)