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Progressive Writers' Movement in South Asia
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Progressive_Writers'_Movement_in_South_Asia
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
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
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