Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) is extensively considered a Bolshevik author, closely allied with the likes of Lenin and Stalin. But that is a ways from the fact.
Gorky’s actual name turned into Alexei Maximovich Peshkov. He chose the pseudonym "Gorky" – "sour" in Russian – to describe his early studies from the age of eight as a menial worker. In his late young adults he tried suicide. The bullet pierced his lung, rendering him at risk of Tuberculosis for the relaxation of his lifestyles.
Between 1899 and 1906 Gorky lived in St. Petersburg and participated inside the sports of the Social Democratic Party. When it break up in 1903, he, certainly, supported the Bolsheviks financially – although he by no means joined them officially. He become a robust critic of Lenin. Partly to avoid his wrath, he exiled himself to Capri, Italy in 1906.
Moreover, even though he upheld the Bolsheviks’ anti-war stance, he adversarial the 1917 October Revolution (the Bolshevik coup in opposition to the submit-Tsarist Social Democratic authorities). So unfavourable turned into his complaint of Lenin’s dictatorial methods and the illegitimacy of the Bolshevik regime that his paintings turned into censored from July 1918 onwards.
Gorky left Russia in 1921 and lived in Sorrento, Italy till 1928 when he became lured again by way of a lavish party of his 60th birthday. The 12 months after, he relocated permanently to Russia. In 1938, sure senior Soviet figures – like Nikolai Bukharin and Genrikh Yagoda – had been accused of murdering him in 1936, whilst underneath clinical treatment.