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Best Russian writers of the 19th century
Best Russian writers of the 20th century
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Maxim
Gorky Soviet writer, poet, prose writer,
playwright, journalist, publicist and public figure. One of the most popular
writers in Russia of his time, an active participant in the process of
reorganization of the cultural life of the USSR in the first
post-revolutionary decades. His work, determined by the interaction of the
traditions of realism, elements of neo-romanticism and the Marxist worldview.
Gorky was the most published Soviet writer in the USSR: in 1918-1986, the
total circulation of 3556 publications amounted to 242.621 million copies. If
we take into account all Russian writers, then Gorky is second only to L. N.
Tolstoy and A. S. Pushkin. The most famous works of Gorky are `The mother`, `My childhood`, `The
lower depths`, `Old Izergil`, ` The Life of Klim Samgin`. |
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Mikhail
Sholokhov Soviet writer, journalist and
screenwriter. War correspondent (1941-1945). Colonel (1943). Winner of the
Nobel Prize in Literature (1965 - "for the artistic power and integrity
of the epic about the Don Cossacks at a turning point for Russia"), the
Stalin Prize (1941), the Lenin Prize (1960). Full member of the Academy of
Sciences of the USSR (1939). Twice Hero of Socialist Labor (1967, 1980). In
his works, the poetic heritage of the Russian people was combined with the
achievements of the realistic novel of the 19th and 20th centuries; he
discovered new connections between the spiritual and material principles,
between man and the outside world. In his novels, for the first time in the
history of world literature, the working people appear in all their diversity
and richness of types and characters, in such a fullness of moral and
emotional life that puts them among the models of world literature. The most famous
works of Sholokhov are `And Quiet Flows the Don`, `The Fate of a Man`,
`Virgin Soil Upturned`, `Tales of the Don`, ` They Fought for
Their Country`. |
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Vladimir
Mayakovsky Soviet poet. Futurist. One of the most
significant Russian poets of the 20th century. Classic of Soviet literature. In addition to poetry, he clearly
distinguished himself as a playwright, screenwriter, film director, film
actor, artist, editor of the magazines LEF (Left Front), New LEF. V. Mayakovsky was the greatest genius
of his time, he was the voice of his era, its herald, his works have not lost
their relevance even now. The poems of V. Mayakovsky teaches sincerity, a
deep understanding of art, awaken the desire to change life for the better. The most famous works of Mayakovsky are
`About that`, ` My Discovery of America`, ` A Cloud in Trousers`, `Listen! `,
` Vladimir Ilyich Lenin`, ` What is good and what is bad`, `Backbone Flute`. |
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Aleksey
Tolstoy Soviet writer and public figure from the
Tolstoy family. Author of socio-psychological, historical and science fiction
novels, novels and short stories, journalistic works. Laureate of three
Stalin Prizes of the first degree (1941, 1943; 1945 - posthumously). The legacy of Alexei Tolstoy is enormous
(the Complete Works, in fact, covers a small part of what he wrote) and
extremely unequal. He has made a very significant contribution to several
genres and thematic layers of literature, he has masterpieces (in one area or
another) and works that are beyond all criticism. Strengths and weaknesses
are often intertwined within a single work. The most famous
works of Tolstoy are ` The Golden Key,
or the Adventures of Buratino`, ` Peter the
Great`, `The Road to Calvary`, ` |
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Nikolai
Alexeevich Ostrovsky Soviet writer, participant in the Civil
War. He entered the history of literature as the author of the novel `How the Steel Was Tempered`. Ostrovsky
wrote the book when he was seriously ill, his wife and friends helped him.
The novel did not immediately become popular, but eventually it was published
in the 1930s in the Soviet Union in record numbers and even translated into
other languages. Nikolai Ostrovsky devoted the last month of his life to a
new novel. The writer spent days and nights making corrections, adding and
rewriting the chapters of this book. Unfortunately, he was not destined to
put an end to it: on December 22, 1936, Nikolai Alekseevich died. |
