- Progressive Writers' Movement
The "Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind" or Progressive Writers' Movement was a progressive literary movement in the pre-partition
British India , consisting of a few different writers groups around the world.The groups were
anti-imperialist ic and left-oriented, and sought to inspire people through their writings advocating equality and attacking social injustice and backwardness.According to The Dawn, "Progressive Writers Movement in
Urdu literature was the strongest movement afterSir Syed 's education movement. The progressives contributed to Urdu literature some of the finest pieces of fiction and poetry. Undoubtedly, they were the trend-setters for the coming generation of writers, and their role cannot be denigrated or denied." [ [http://www.dawn.com/2004/10/01/letted.htm#7 Progressive writers] , Dawn, 1 October 2004]* The
Indian Progressive Writers' Association was set up inLondon in1935 .
* TheProgressive Writers' Association was set up inKolkata in July1936 .
* TheAll India Writers' Association was set up inLucknow on 10 April1936 under the leadership ofSyed Sajjad Zahir .Writers
Among the prominent members of the movement have been:
*Ali Jawad Zaidi
*Prof. Zoe Ansari
*Dr M. D. Taseer
*Faiz Ahmed Faiz
*Vijaydan Detha
*Sajjad Zaheer
*Khagendra Thakur
*Bhisham Sahni
* ProfAhmed Ali
*Dr Nusrat Jehan
*Rashid Jahan
*Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi
*Ahmed Faraz
*Kaifi Azmi
*Krishan Chander
*Ismat Chughtai
*Rajinder Singh Bedi
*Ali Sardar Jafri
*Josh Malihabadi
*Majrooh Sultanpuri
*Makhdoom Mohiuddin
*Munshi Premchand
*Firaq Gorakhpuri
*Amrita Pritam
*Majaz Lucknawi
*Sahir Ludhianvi Notes
ee also
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Pak Tea House
*Communist Party of India
*Communist Party of Pakistan Further reading
* " [http://www.urdupoetry.com/articles/art9.html Progressive Movement and Urdu Poetry] ", by
Ali Sardar Jafri
* " [http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/01/fea.htm Sajjad Zaheer and Progressive Writers’ Movement] "
* cite journal
last = Zeno
title = Professor Ahmed Ali and the Progressive Writers’ Movement
journal = Annual of Urdu Studies
volume = 9
pages = 39–43
year = 1994
publisher = University of Wisconsin—Madison
url = http://www.urdustudies.com/pdf/09/10ZenoProfessor.pdf
format =PDF
id = ISSN: 0734-5348* cite journal
last = Mahmud
first = Shabana
title = Angāre and the Founding of the Progressive Writers' Association
journal = Modern Asian Studies
volume = 30
issue = 2
pages = 39–43
month = May | year = 1996* cite journal
last = Malik
first = Hafeez
title = The Marxist Literary Movement in India and Pakistan
journal = The Journal of Asian Studies
volume = 26
issue = 4
pages = 649–664
month = August | year = 1967
doi = 10.2307/2051241* cite book
last = Mir
first = Ali Husain
coauthors = Mir, Raza
title = Anthems of Resistance: A Celebration of Progressive Urdu Poetry
publisher = RST IndiaInk
year = 2006
id = ISBN 81-86939-26-1* cite book
last = Zaheer
first = Sajjad
authorlink = Sajjad Zaheer
title = The Light: The History of the Movement for Progressive Literature in the Indo-Pakistan Sub Continent
publisher =Oxford University Press
year = 2006
id = ISBN 0-19-547155-5* Harvard reference
Surname= Ali
Given= Ahmed
Authorlink= Ahmed Ali
Year= 1974
Chapter= The Progressive Writers Movement and Creative Writers in Urdu
Title= Marxist Influences and South Asian Literature
Editor= Carlo Coppola
Place= East Lansing
Publisher= Michigan State University
Pages= 36
ID= ISBN 81-7001-011-X
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