Word: ata
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Maxim Gorki (Alexey Maximovich Peshkov), 62, son of an upholsterer, long-time associate of social pariahs, wrote ATa Due in 1903 when his short stories had already made him a world figure and his literary friend Anton Chekhov (see p. 64 and below) had challenged him to write a good play. He is the only great prerevolutionary Russian man-of-letters who enjoys the cordiality of Soviet authorities. His latest novels are infused with Soviet doctrine. For his health, he spends the winters in Italy. He once shocked his hosts in the U. S. when it was discovered that...