Progressive Writers' Movement in South Asia

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	art movement
gptkbp:activity	organizing literary conferences publishing progressive literature advocating for social reform critiquing orthodoxy supporting anti-imperialist movements
gptkbp:aimsTo	promote equality oppose colonialism oppose social injustice promote progressive ideas in literature
gptkbp:dissolved	late 1950s
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Lucknow,_India 1936
gptkbp:headquarters	Lucknow (initially)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Progressive Writers' Movement in South Asia
gptkbp:influencedBy	Marxism socialist realism
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Bengali gptkb:Hindi gptkb:Urdu gptkb:Punjabi English
gptkbp:notableEvent	First All-India Progressive Writers' Conference
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Faiz_Ahmed_Faiz gptkb:Ali_Sardar_Jafri gptkb:Ismat_Chughtai gptkb:Mulk_Raj_Anand gptkb:Ahmed_Nadeem_Qasmi gptkb:Krishan_Chander gptkb:Saadat_Hasan_Manto gptkb:Sajjad_Zaheer gptkb:Premchand
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:Adabi_Duniya gptkb:Angaarey
gptkbp:region	gptkb:South_Asia
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Indian_People's_Theatre_Association gptkb:Progressive_Writers'_Association_(Pakistan) gptkb:All-India_Progressive_Writers'_Association
gptkbp:successor	various leftist literary groups
gptkbp:theme	anti-fascism atheism social justice women's rights humanism class struggle anti-feudalism communal harmony freedom from colonial rule
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Syed_Sajjad_Zaheer
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7