Anjuman Taraqqi Pasand Musannifin movement

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The Anjuman Taraqqi Pasand Musannifin movement was a left-leaning literary and cultural movement in South Asia that united writers against colonialism, social injustice, and religious orthodoxy, promoting progressive and humanist ideals.

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instanceOf cultural movement
literary movement
writers’ organization
abbreviation PWA
aim to oppose social and economic exploitation
to promote progressive literature
to promote secular and humanist values
to unite writers against colonialism
alsoKnownAs Progressive Writers’ Association
country British India
countryAtFoundation British India
focus anti-feudal themes
class struggle
communal harmony
women’s emancipation
workers’ rights
foundedAt Lucknow
foundedIn 1936
founder Ahmed Ali
Mahmud-uz-Zafar
Rashid Jahan
Syed Sajjad Zaheer
linked to: Sajjad Zaheer
historicalPeriod 20th century
ideology humanism
left-wing
progressivism
influenced modern Urdu literature
postcolonial South Asian literature
progressive Hindi literature
inspiredBy Communist ideology
anti-imperialist movements
language Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
medium essays
poetry
short stories
movement Progressive Writers’ Movement
notableMember Ali Sardar Jafri
Faiz Ahmad Faiz
linked to: Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Ismat Chughtai
Krishan Chander
Mulk Raj Anand
Sahir Ludhianvi
Sajjad Zaheer
opposedTo colonialism
religious orthodoxy
social injustice
organized cultural events
literary conferences
public readings
region South Asia

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Progressive Writers Movement hasAlternativeName Anjuman Taraqqi Pasand Musannifin movement