Alexei Maximovich Peshkov ( Russian : Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в or Пе́шков ; 28 March 1868 - 18 June 1936 ) , primarily known as Maxim ( Maksim ) Gorky ( Russian : Макси́м Го́рький ) , was a Russian and Soviet writer , a founder of the Socialist realism literary method and a political activist .
Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov ( In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков ) ( Old style : 16 March 1868 , New style : 28 March - 18 June 1936 ) , better known as Maxim Gorky ( Максим Горький ) , was a Soviet\/Russian author , a founder of the socialist realism literary method and a political activist .