Sergey Gusev-Orenburgsky
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Sergey Ivanovich Gusev-Orenburgsky (October 5, 1867 – June 1, 1963) was a Russian writer and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda
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He began publishing his works in 1890. He was greatly influenced by his acquaintance with Maxim Gorky
and by his participation in the Znanie
(Knowledge) collections, which published his best works, including the novella In the Parish (1903), and the novel The Land of the Fathers (1905). Gusev-Orenburgsky wrote about the impoverishment of the Russian countryside and criticized the church and its ministers. The Land of the Fathers depicts the development of revolutionary events in the city and countryside and creates the image of the peasant-revolutionary.
After the October Revolution
he emigrated and lived in New York. In 1928 he published the novel The Land of the Children.
Sreda (literary group)
The Moscow Literary Sreda was a Moscow literary group founded in 1899 by Nikolay Teleshov. The name Sreda means Wednesday, taken from the day of the week on which writers and other artists met at Teleshov's home. The last meeting of the Sreda took place in 1916...
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Biography
Gusev-Orenburgsky was born into the family of a merchant. In 1893 he became a village priest, but left the priesthood in 1898.He began publishing his works in 1890. He was greatly influenced by his acquaintance with 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 by his participation in the Znanie
Znanie (publishing company)
Znanie , was a publishing company based in St. Petersburg, Russia founded by Konstantin Pyatnitsky and other members of the Committee for Literacy. It operated from 1898 until 1913.-History:...
(Knowledge) collections, which published his best works, including the novella In the Parish (1903), and the novel The Land of the Fathers (1905). Gusev-Orenburgsky wrote about the impoverishment of the Russian countryside and criticized the church and its ministers. The Land of the Fathers depicts the development of revolutionary events in the city and countryside and creates the image of the peasant-revolutionary.
After the October Revolution
Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...
he emigrated and lived in New York. In 1928 he published the novel The Land of the Children.
English translations
- The Land of the Fathers, (Novel), The Dial Press, NY, 1924.
- The Land of the Children, (Novel), Longmans, Green and Co, NY, 1928.