At the Beginning of Life: My Meeting With Gorky
A poet who enjoys particular success in his books for children, SAMUIL MARSHAK was discovered by Gorky. He learned English in London in 1911 and there began his brilliant translations of Blake, Wordsworth, and Burns, as well as the English ballads and nursery rhymes. We have selected this chapter from his reminiscences now being serialized in NOVY MIR.