Woe to modern times

Gorky is already a classic of world literature. The strict augurs of literary history are careful not to immortalize him, but they have already assigned him a place alongside Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov... It is not a question of who is greater or lesser. Here, among the mighty shadows of the past, the role in the spiritual development of humanity, the place in the literary process, is important. Gorky is a classic. In this dearly won title is both the recognition and the love of generations for the great writer-humanist. But there is also something unusual in it. This is still a "posthumous award", and for us Gorky is so alive, so relevant.