Maksim Gorkij

Aleksej Maksimovic Peskov, known as Gorkij, was born in Niznij- Novgorod on 16^th March 1868. He hadn’t had a happy childhood: first he was orphaned by his father, then his mother left him after she remarried. Therefore he was forced to work since he was a child, while living among outcasts and Volga’s unloaders. After that period he spent a wealthy life till the moment he died, that was on 18^th June 1936, three years after his son’s murder. In 1906 Gorkij moved to Capri, accompanied by the actress Andrejeva. They were both coming from United States, a country in which their unofficial union caused them some problems. At first he lived at “Villa Blaesus”, Ettore Settanni’s property, which will also host Lenin in 1908. In 1909 Gorkij moved to the larger “Villa Behering” residence, encouraged mostly by the necessity of  giving hospitality to students and professors of the “Revolutionary School”. The writer also drew inspiration from the villa itself, thus creating some novels and dramas. Since he was starting to feel pent-up, he changed again his residence, moving to “Villa Pierina”, a stylish building placed on the southern side of the island, in Mulo road. Also in this case  Gorkij made his house a place where to harbour other Russian émigrés (exiles) among which Ivan Budin and Leonid Andreev. In 1913, with the end of his exile, wanted by the imperial government, Gorkij left the island and returned in Russia. During his stay in Capri he wrote the following novels: The Summer, A confession, Okurov city, The Spy and Mother finished and published on the island in 1908. Not of a lesser importance are also the autobiographic works The birth of a man, The landlord and Makar ChudraAleksej Maksimovic Peskov, known as Gorkij, was born in Niznij- Novgorod on 16^th March 1868. He hadn’t had a happy childhood: first he was orphaned by his father, then his mother left him after she remarried. Therefore he was forced to work since he was a child, while living among outcasts and Volga’s unloaders. After that period he spent a wealthy life till the moment he died, that was on 18^th June 1936, three years after his son’s murder. In 1906 Gorkij moved to Capri, accompanied by the actress Andrejeva. They were both coming from United States, a country in which their unofficial union caused them some problems. At first he lived at “Villa Blaesus”, Ettore Settanni’s property, which will also host Lenin in 1908. In 1909 Gorkij moved to the larger “Villa Behering” residence, encouraged mostly by the necessity of  giving hospitality to students and professors of the “Revolutionary School”. The writer also drew inspiration from the villa itself, thus creating some novels and dramas. Since he was starting to feel pent-up, he changed again his residence, moving to “Villa Pierina”, a stylish building placed on the southern side of the island, in Mulo road. Also in this case  Gorkij made his house a place where to harbour other Russian émigrés (exiles) among which Ivan Budin and Leonid Andreev. In 1913, with the end of his exile, wanted by the imperial government, Gorkij left the island and returned in Russia. During his stay in Capri he wrote the following novels: The Summer, A confession, Okurov city, The Spy and Mother finished and published on the island in 1908. Not of a lesser importance are also the autobiographic works The birth of a man, The landlord and Makar ChudraAleksej Maksimovic Peskov, known as Gorkij, was born in Niznij- Novgorod on 16^th March 1868. He hadn’t had a happy childhood: first he was orphaned by his father, then his mother left him after she remarried. Therefore he was forced to work since he was a child, while living among outcasts and Volga’s unloaders. After that period he spent a wealthy life till the moment he died, that was on 18^th June 1936, three years after his son’s murder. In 1906 Gorkij moved to Capri, accompanied by the actress Andrejeva. They were both coming from United States, a country in which their unofficial union caused them some problems. At first he lived at “Villa Blaesus”, Ettore Settanni’s property, which will also host Lenin in 1908. In 1909 Gorkij moved to the larger “Villa Behering” residence, encouraged mostly by the necessity of  giving hospitality to students and professors of the “Revolutionary School”. The writer also drew inspiration from the villa itself, thus creating some novels and dramas. Since he was starting to feel pent-up, he changed again his residence, moving to “Villa Pierina”, a stylish building placed on the southern side of the island, in Mulo road. Also in this case  Gorkij made his house a place where to harbour other Russian émigrés (exiles) among which Ivan Budin and Leonid Andreev. In 1913, with the end of his exile, wanted by the imperial government, Gorkij left the island and returned in Russia. During his stay in Capri he wrote the following novels: The Summer, A confession, Okurov city, The Spy and Mother finished and published on the island in 1908. Not of a lesser importance are also the autobiographic works The birth of a man, The landlord and Makar Chudra.