Progressive Writers Movement
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The Progressive Writers Movement was a 20th-century literary and cultural movement in South Asia that championed social justice, anti-colonialism, and egalitarian ideals through radical, realist writing in languages like Urdu and Hindi.
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Target entity: Progressive Writers Movement Context triple: [Faiz Ahmed Faiz, movement, Progressive Writers Movement]
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PEN America
PEN America is a U.S.-based literary and human rights organization that champions free expression and supports writers through advocacy, awards, and cultural programming.
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Forward Bloc
Forward Bloc is an Indian political party founded by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939 after breaking away from the Indian National Congress to pursue a more radical, socialist, and militant approach to the struggle for independence.
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Federal Writers’ Project
The Federal Writers’ Project was a New Deal initiative that employed thousands of writers during the Great Depression to produce guidebooks, oral histories, and other cultural documentation across the United States.
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South Side Writers Group
The South Side Writers Group was a collective of African American authors and intellectuals in Chicago whose work significantly contributed to the cultural and literary flowering of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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White Guard movement
The White Guard movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik, counterrevolutionary forces that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Progressive Writers Movement Target entity description: The Progressive Writers Movement was a 20th-century literary and cultural movement in South Asia that championed social justice, anti-colonialism, and egalitarian ideals through radical, realist writing in languages like Urdu and Hindi.
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A.
PEN America
PEN America is a U.S.-based literary and human rights organization that champions free expression and supports writers through advocacy, awards, and cultural programming.
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B.
Forward Bloc
Forward Bloc is an Indian political party founded by Subhas Chandra Bose in 1939 after breaking away from the Indian National Congress to pursue a more radical, socialist, and militant approach to the struggle for independence.
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C.
Federal Writers’ Project
The Federal Writers’ Project was a New Deal initiative that employed thousands of writers during the Great Depression to produce guidebooks, oral histories, and other cultural documentation across the United States.
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D.
South Side Writers Group
The South Side Writers Group was a collective of African American authors and intellectuals in Chicago whose work significantly contributed to the cultural and literary flowering of the Chicago Black Renaissance.
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E.
White Guard movement
The White Guard movement was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik, counterrevolutionary forces that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War following the 1917 Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (83)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
South Asian movement
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cultural movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ |
| activeInCountry |
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
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surface form:
Bangladesh
India ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge conservative literary norms
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raise political consciousness ⓘ transform society through literature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Indian independence movement
ⓘ
leftist politics in South Asia ⓘ |
| coreTheme |
anti-colonialism
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anti-feudalism ⓘ class struggle ⓘ communal harmony ⓘ egalitarianism ⓘ peasant and worker rights ⓘ secularism ⓘ social justice ⓘ women’s emancipation ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | Lucknow ⓘ |
| foundedInCountry | British India ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 1930s ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Anjuman Taraqqi Pasand Musannifin movement
ⓘ
Progressive Writers Movement ⓘ
surface form:
Progressive Writers Association movement
Progressive Writers Movement ⓘ
surface form:
Progressive Writers’ Movement
|
| hasFoundingDocument | Progressive Writers’ Manifesto ⓘ |
| hasFoundingEvent | All-India Progressive Writers’ Conference ⓘ |
| hasKeyGenre |
essays
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novels ⓘ plays ⓘ poetry ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasMainLanguage |
Bengali
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English ⓘ Hindi ⓘ Punjabi ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ
surface form:
Urdu
other South Asian languages ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Ahmed Ali
ⓘ
Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi ⓘ Ali Sardar Jafri ⓘ Bedi Krishen Gopal ⓘ Faiz Ahmed Faiz ⓘ Ghulam Abbas ⓘ Habib Tanvir ⓘ Ismat Chughtai ⓘ Josh Malihabadi ⓘ Kaifi Azmi ⓘ Krishan Chander ⓘ Majaz Lucknawi ⓘ Mulk Raj Anand ⓘ Rajinder Singh Bedi ⓘ Saadat Hasan Manto ⓘ Sahir Ludhianvi ⓘ Sajjad Zaheer ⓘ Sibte Hasan ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationArm |
Progressive Writers Movement
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Progressive Writers’ Association
|
| influenced |
modern Hindi literature
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modern Urdu literature ⓘ postcolonial South Asian literature ⓘ progressive poetry in South Asia ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
European progressive literature
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Marxism ⓘ anti-colonial nationalism ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| literaryApproach |
didactic writing
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radical writing ⓘ realist writing ⓘ |
| opposes |
colonial rule
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feudalism ⓘ imperialism ⓘ religious bigotry ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| peakActivityPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| region | South Asia ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| usesLiteraryStyle |
realism
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social realism ⓘ |
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