Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
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The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute is a higher education institute in Moscow
. It is located at 25 Tver Bulvar in Central Moscow.
It was founded in 1933 on the initiative of Maxim Gorky
, and received its current name at Gorky's death in 1936.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. It is located at 25 Tver Bulvar in Central Moscow.
It was founded in 1933 on the initiative of Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov , primarily known as Maxim Gorky , was a Russian and Soviet author, a founder of the Socialist Realism literary method and a political activist.-Early years:...
, and received its current name at Gorky's death in 1936.
Notable alumni
- Chinghiz AitmatovChinghiz AitmatovChyngyz Aitmatov was a Soviet and Kyrgyz author who wrote in both Russian and Kyrgyz. He was the best known figure in Kyrgyzstan's literature.- Life :...
(Novelist) - Bella Akhmadulina (Poet)
- Maria ArbatovaMaria ArbatovaMaria Ivanovna Arbatova born July 17, 1957, is a Russian novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, journalist, talkshow host, politician, and one of Russia's most widely known feminists in the 1990s.-Early life:...
(Writer, feminist and politician) - Viktor Astafyev (Novelist)
- Yuri BondarevYuri Bondarev-Biography:Bondarev took part in World War II as an artillery officer and became a member of the CPSU in 1944. He graduated in 1951 from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute...
(Writer) - Nambaryn EnkhbayarNambaryn EnkhbayarNambaryn Enkhbayar is a Mongolian political figure. He was the Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2000 to 2004, the Speaker of Parliament from 2004 to 2005, and the President of Mongolia from 2005 to 2009...
(Novelist, President of MongoliaMongoliaMongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
between 2005—2009) - Alexander Galich (Poet, singer-songwriter)
- Rasul GamzatovRasul GamzatovRasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov was probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language. Among his poems was Zhuravli, which became a well-known Soviet song....
(Poet) - Anatoly Gavrilov (Writer)
- Boris GolovinBoris GolovinBoris Golovin is a Russian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Golovin published his first book of poetry in Moscow in 1987.-Education:1975 - 1979. Moscow State University, faculty of journalism.1982 - 1987...
(Poet, singer-songwriter) - Fazil IskanderFazil IskanderFazil Abdulovich Iskander is arguably the most famous Abkhaz writer, renowned in the former Soviet Union for his vivid descriptions of Caucasian life, mostly written in Russian...
(Novelist) - Ismail KadareIsmail KadareIsmail Kadare is an Albanian writer. He is known for his novels, although he was first noticed for his poetry collections. In the 1960s he focused on short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army. In 1996 he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral...
(Novelist, poet) - Oleg KhafizovOleg Khafizov-Biography:Oleg Khafizov was born in the family of factory employees. From the age of three lives in Tula. As a pupil of a suburban high school he was closely interested in history, rock music and arts, learned music and painting, practiced boxing and martial arts...
(Writer) - Oleg PavlovOleg PavlovOleg Pavlov is a prominent Russian writer, winner of the Russian Booker Prize.Born in Moscow, he served in the Interior Ministry troops near the city of Karaganda...
(Writer) - Viktor Pelevin (Novelist)
- Viktor Rozov (Dramatist, screenwriter — "The Cranes Are Flying")
- Yury TrifonovYury TrifonovYury Valentinovich Trifonov was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "urban prose", a 1970s movement inspired by the psychologically complicated works of Anton Chekhov and his 20th-century American followers...
(Writer) - Yevgeny YevtushenkoYevgeny YevtushenkoYevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevtushenko is a Soviet and Russian poet. He is also a novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter, actor, editor, and a director of several films.-Early life:...
(Poet, singer-songwriter, novelist, essayist, dramatist, screenwriter) - Pavel Basinsky (literary critic)
- Vasily BelovVasily BelovVasily Ivanovich Belov is a Soviet/Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than 60 books which sold 7 million copies...
(writer) - Yury Bondarev (writer)
- Yevgeny Dolmatovsky (poet)
- Yuri Kazakov (writer)
- Anatoly Kim (writer)
- Yuri KuznetsovYuri KuznetsovYuri Konstantinovich Kuznetsov is a retired Soviet football player and coach.-International career:Kuznetsov made his debut for USSR on August 21, 1955 in a friendly against West Germany. He scored goals in two next national team games, but did not represent USSR after that.-External links:...
(poet) - Nikolay RubtsovNikolay RubtsovNikolay Mikhaylovich Rubtsov was a Russian poet.He was killed by the woman with whom he spent the last one and a half years of his life.Asteroid 4286 Rubtsov was named after him.-External links:* *...
(poet) - Konstantin SimonovKonstantin SimonovKonstantin Mikhailovich Simonov was a Russian/Soviet author, known especially as a war poet.-Early years:He was born in Petrograd. His mother was born Princess Obolenskaya, of a Rurikid family. His father, an officer in the Tsar's army, left Russia after the Revolution in 1917. He died in Poland...
(writer)