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Gorky

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Gor·ky or Gor·ki  (gôrk)
See Nizhniy Novgorod.
Gorky, Arshile 1904-1948.
Armenian-born American painter considered a transitional figure between surrealism and abstract expressionism. His works include The Liver Is the Cock's Comb (1944).
Gorky also Gorki, Maksim also Maxim Pen name of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov. 1868-1936.
Russian writer who supported the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and helped develop socialist realism as the officially accepted literary aesthetic. His works include The Life of Klim Samgin (1925-1936), an unfinished cycle of novels.
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Noun1.GorkyGorky - Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov, Gorki, Maksim Gorky, Maxim Gorki
2.GorkyGorky - an industrial city in the European part of Russia; birthplace of Maksim Gorky
Gorkiy, Nizhni Novgorod, Nizhnyi Novgorod, Gorki
Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state


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For example, after reading what Douglass recalls of his childhood, juxtaposed against the memories of other fatherless children like Malcolm X, Richard Wright, Maxim Gorky, or Leo Tolstoy, students are asked for their own opinion of what is necessary for a "normal" childhood, and who has the responsibility to provide it.
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