The reminiscences of Gorky presented in this book will bring the reader echoes of that great life. In these reminiscences Gorky appears as the herald of socialist art and the author of its classic literature, and also as a man actively involved in literary life—a fellow artist for some, an example and mentor for others, an unforgettable partner in conversation for still others.

Translated from the Russian by Cynthia Carlile
Designed by Boris Kazachkov
Compiled by Galina Belaya

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CONTENTS

Introduction 7

Memoirs
Yekaterina Peshkova. Gorky in Samara 18
Stepan Skitalets. Maxim Gorky. Meetings 24
Nikolai Teleshov. Notes of a Writer 36
Mikhail Nesterov. Distant Days 50
Maria Andreyeva. A Trip to the Crimea 54
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. From the Past (Excerpts) 57
Konstantin Stanislavsky. The Lower Depths 64
Isaak Babel. The Beginning 71
Kornei Chukovsky. Contemporaries (Excerpts) 75
Mikhail Slonimsky. The Early Years. M. Gorky 119
Konstantin Fedin. Gorky Amongst Us (Excerpts) 134
Vsevolod Ivanov. Meetings with Maxim Gorky 152
Alexander Voronsky. Meetings and Conversations with Maxim Gorky 165
Veniamin Kaverin. Gorky and Young People 195
Nikolai Aseyev. A Meeting with Gorky 206
Vladislav Khodasevich. Gorky 218
Yevgeny Zamyatin. M. Gorky 259
Lidia Seifullina. The Man 270

Letters
Gorky—Fedin
Fedin to Gorky. 28 January 1920 280
Fedin to Gorky. Beginning of September 1925 281
Gorky to Fedin. 17 September 1925 284
Fedin to Gorky. 16 January 1926 286

Gorky—Leonov
Leonov to Gorky. 25 (?) December 1927 288
Leonov to Gorky. 21 October 1930 290
Gorky to Leonov. 8 November 1930 294

Gorky—Zoshchenko
Zoshchenko to Gorky. 28 September 1927 295
Gorky to Zoshchenko. October 1927 296
Zoshchenko to Gorky. 30 September 1930 297
Zoshchenko to Gorky. January 1934 299
Gorky to Zoshchenko. 25 March 1936 300

Gorky—Pasternak
Pasternak to Gorky. 10 October 1927 302
Gorky to Pasternak. 18 October 1927 303
Gorky to Pasternak. 28 December 1927 304

Gorky—Sholokhov
Sholokhov to Gorky. 6 June 1931 305

Commentary 309