Russian novelist. He was involved in strikes and imprisoned in 1905, he was an exile in Italy until 1914, then engaged in revolutionary propaganda for the new regime. He was the first president of the Soviet Writers' Union, and a supporter of Stalinism. He died in mysterious circumstances, and may have been the victim of an anti-Soviet plot. AQS, in Russian, on a 6.5 x 6.5 off-white card, bearing a nice sketch of Gorki done in another hand. Gorki pens four words and signs underneath, in Russian, 'M. Gorki,.' In fine condition. RRAuction COA.
