Maxim Gorky and World Culture: A Collection of Scientific Articles (Materials of the Gorky Readings 2018 “World Value of M. Gorky (on the 150th Anniversary of the Birth)”

March 28, 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Alexey Maximovich Gorky. The international anniversary scientific conference “Gorky Readings 2018 (On the 150th anniversary of the birth of A.M. Gorky)”, held on March 27–30, 2018, at the Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was attended by more than 80 scientists from thirteen countries: Russia, the United States of America, France, Italy, China, Poland, Japan, Armenia, Belarus, Germany, Algeria, Ukraine, Korea. The event included four plenary sessions devoted to the most important theoretical issues of research on Gorky’s creative work and at sectional meetings on the following topics: “Innovation of Gorky as the Artist”, “Gorky and the Literary Process of the 20th century”, “Gorky in the World of Art”, “The Life of Klim Samgin as the book of the century”, “Gorky’s creative legacy in museums and libraries”. Maxim Gorky’s importance as a thinker, artist and person is reflected in the works, which were completed by the participants after the end of the conference. The book is addressed to various specialists — philologists, culture experts, historians and others readers interested in the history of Russian literature of the 20th century.