In 1912, Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak celebrated his 60th birthday. At the same time the writer was celebrating another milestone: 40 years since he published his first stories.
On this occasion Maxim Gorky sent Mamin-Sibiryak a congratulatory letter from Italy. Now, the original message is stored in the collection of the house-museum.
The text of the letter is typewritten, and there are also handwritten autographs at the bottom. Under the congratulations there are signatures of famous cultural workers from different countries: the Russian publisher and journalist Konstantin Pyatnitsky, German linguist and ethnographer Academician Friedrich Lorenz, literary critic Alexey Zolotarev, Maria Andreyeva — Gorky’s wife, actress and public figure.
Mamin-Sibiryak met Maxim Gorky in 1891, when he left the Urals for St. Petersburg. They crossed paths at meetings and lunches held for the employees of the capital’s periodicals.
Later, the writers saw each other again several times in Yalta, in the house of the playwright Anton Chekhov. There are photographs in which Maxim Gorky and Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak stand next to Ivan Bunin and Nikolay Teleshov.
Gorky wrote critical notes on literature. He named Dmitriy Mamin-Sibiryak a few times: he distinguished him among other realist writers and remarked that his short stories and essays were essential to the culture of that time.
In his congratulatory letter, Maxim Gorky named the qualities that, in his opinion, had shaped Mamin-Sibiryak’s talent: his connection with the people and his mother language, as well as his skills in finding new topics that literature had not previously raised.
On this occasion Maxim Gorky sent Mamin-Sibiryak a congratulatory letter from Italy. Now, the original message is stored in the collection of the house-museum.
The text of the letter is typewritten, and there are also handwritten autographs at the bottom. Under the congratulations there are signatures of famous cultural workers from different countries: the Russian publisher and journalist Konstantin Pyatnitsky, German linguist and ethnographer Academician Friedrich Lorenz, literary critic Alexey Zolotarev, Maria Andreyeva — Gorky’s wife, actress and public figure.
Mamin-Sibiryak met Maxim Gorky in 1891, when he left the Urals for St. Petersburg. They crossed paths at meetings and lunches held for the employees of the capital’s periodicals.
Later, the writers saw each other again several times in Yalta, in the house of the playwright Anton Chekhov. There are photographs in which Maxim Gorky and Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak stand next to Ivan Bunin and Nikolay Teleshov.
Gorky wrote critical notes on literature. He named Dmitriy Mamin-Sibiryak a few times: he distinguished him among other realist writers and remarked that his short stories and essays were essential to the culture of that time.
In his congratulatory letter, Maxim Gorky named the qualities that, in his opinion, had shaped Mamin-Sibiryak’s talent: his connection with the people and his mother language, as well as his skills in finding new topics that literature had not previously raised.
