There's a little book I'm thinking of writing — "Swan Song"… - Maxim Gorky

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There's a little book I'm thinking of writing — "Swan Song" is what I shall call it. The song of the dying. And my book will be incense burnt at the deathbed of this society, damned with the damnation of its own impotence.

Maxim Gorky

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Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov [Алексей Максимович Пешков] (28 March 1868 [16 March O.S. ] - 14 June 1936), known primarily by his pen name, Maxim Gorky [Максим Горький], was a Russian writer and socialist political thinker. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Native Name: Алексей Максимович Пешков

Alternative Names: Alexei Maximovich Peshkov • Maksim Gor'ky • Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov • Aleksey Peshkov • Maksim Gorky • Gorky • Maxim Gorki

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