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สัญชัย สุวังบุตร 241 วารสารราชบัณฑิตยสถาน ป ที่ ๓๘ ฉบับที่ ๒ เม . ย .- มิ . ย . ๒๕๕๖ Abstract Mother-the birth of socialist realist novel Sanchai Suwangbutra Associate Fellow of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, The Royal Institute, Thailand MOTHER is a socialist novel written by Maxim Gorky, a Russian writer in 1906. The novel is about the movement of the pre-revolution proletariat of Russian with the focuses on the role of working women on the eve of the Russian Revolution of 1905. It is based on two actual events; the May Day demonstration of workers in Sormovo in 1902 and the subsequent trial of its members. MOTHER is considered a turning point of the history of the Russian literature and the beginning of the birth of socialist realist novel. For it tells the story of a mother who walks on the path of her son to socialism and actually works for it. The novel was translated into many European languages, Thai as well, and was also made into a number of films. MOTHER is considered as one of the world’s classical literature and a masterpiece of socialist propaganda. keywords: socialist realist novel, Maxim Gorky, socialism 225-241 Mac9.indd 241 10/8/13 7:34 PM