Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (Russian:Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в or Пе́шков) was born in 1868,died in1936; his pen name was Maxim (Maksim) Gorky.He was,a writer,dramatist,political activist,a founder of socialist and realistic literature,one of the originator in literature of the Soviet Union.
His major works include "childhood","in the world","my university" and essays,"The song of Sea Swallow."