Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Authors
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The Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Authors (German
: Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller) was a German cultural organisation established in 1928, at the time of the Weimar Republic
. It was close to the Communist Party of Germany
and published a magazine called Die Linkskurve.
Its members were divided into two groups: the so-called "bourgeois writers" and the so-called '"proletarian writers". The confrontation between the two groups led to a fierce struggle for power within the association, but also to a lively and fruitful cultural debate about the role and form of literature, in the attempt to overcome the 19th century bourgeois models and create a new "revolutionary" model. Important intellectuals of the time took part in the debate, such us Gyorgy Lukács, who was later to contribute to the development of Socialist realism
.
The last issue of Die Linkskurve appeared in January 1933. After the Nazis took over power, the association still existed for some time, also in Prague, Paris, Wien, and Switzerland.
German language
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: Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller) was a German cultural organisation established in 1928, at the time of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
. It was close to the Communist Party of Germany
Communist Party of Germany
The Communist Party of Germany was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933, and a minor party in West Germany in the postwar period until it was banned in 1956...
and published a magazine called Die Linkskurve.
Its members were divided into two groups: the so-called "bourgeois writers" and the so-called '"proletarian writers". The confrontation between the two groups led to a fierce struggle for power within the association, but also to a lively and fruitful cultural debate about the role and form of literature, in the attempt to overcome the 19th century bourgeois models and create a new "revolutionary" model. Important intellectuals of the time took part in the debate, such us Gyorgy Lukács, who was later to contribute to the development of Socialist realism
Socialist realism
Socialist realism is a style of realistic art which was developed in the Soviet Union and became a dominant style in other communist countries. Socialist realism is a teleologically-oriented style having its purpose the furtherance of the goals of socialism and communism...
.
The last issue of Die Linkskurve appeared in January 1933. After the Nazis took over power, the association still existed for some time, also in Prague, Paris, Wien, and Switzerland.
Prominent members
- Erich Arendt
- Theodor Balk
- Johannes R. BecherJohannes R. BecherJohannes Robert Becher was a German politician, novelist, and poet.-Early life:Johannes R. Becher was the son of Judge Heinrich Becher. In 1910 he tried to commit suicide with a friend; only Becher survived. From 1911 he studied medicine and philosophy in Munich and Jena...
- Herbert Bochow
- Julian BorchardtJulian BorchardtJulian Borchardt was a socialist activist and participant in the Zimmerwald Left.Borchardt was born in Bromberg, Prussia in 1868. He became a socialist journalist and writer, serving as editor on Social Democrat newspapers from 1901 to 1906. He was appointed as a lecturer to the SPD central...
(founding member) - Willi BredelWilli BredelWilli Bredel was a German writer and president of the Akademie der Künste. Born in Hamburg, he was a pioneer of socialist realist literature....
- Elfriede Brüning
- Albert Daudistel (excluded 20 May 1930)
- Andor Gábor
- Karl Grünberg
- Willy Harzheim
- Kurt Kläber
- Egon Erwin KischEgon Erwin KischEgon Erwin Kisch was a Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. Known as the The raging reporter from Prague, Kisch was noted for his development of literary reportage and his opposition to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.- Biography :Kisch was born into a wealthy, German-speaking...
(founding member) - Jan Koplowitz
- Berta Lask (founding member)
- Maria Leitner
- Hans LorbeerHans LorbeerHans Lorbeer was a German politician and writer.-Life:Hans Lorbeer was born as the illegitimate child of a worker girl in the Saxon town of Lutherstadt Wittenberg and grew up with foster parents in Kleinwittenberg and Piesteritz, both districts of Lutherstadt Wittenberg...
(founding member) - Hans MarchwitzaHans MarchwitzaHans Marchwitza was a German writer, proletarian poet, and communist.- Life :Marchwitza was the son of miner Thomas Marchwitza and his wife Thekla Maxisch, and was born in Scharley near Beuthen in Upper Silesia. Already at fourteen years old Marchwitza was working underground in the mines...
- Klaus Neukrantz
- Erwin PiscatorErwin PiscatorErwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator was a German theatre director and producer and, with Bertolt Brecht, the foremost exponent of epic theatre, a form that emphasizes the socio-political content of drama, rather than its emotional manipulation of the audience or on the production's formal...
- Paul Polte alias Peter Polter
- Ludwig RennLudwig RennLudwig Renn was a German writer. His real name was Arnold Friedrich Vieth von Golßenau.Born in Dresden into a Saxon noble family, he fought in World War I on the Western Front. He wrote the book Krieg on his experiences...
(founding member) - Frida Rubiner
- Hans SchwalmJan PetersenJan Petersen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus in 1981, and was re-elected on six occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1973–1977. From 2001 to 2005, when the second cabinet...
- Anna SeghersAnna SeghersAnna Seghers was a German writer famous for depicting the moral experience of the Second World War.- Life :...
(founding member) - Alexander Graf Stenbock-Fermor
- Bernhard und Charlotte Temming
- Berta Waterstradt
- Erich WeinertErich WeinertErich Bernhard Gustav Weinert was a German Communist writer and a member of the Communist Party of Germany .-Biography:...
(founding member) - Franz Carl WeiskopfFranz Carl WeiskopfFranz Carl Weiskopf was a German-speaking writer. Born in Prague, he was often referred to as F. C. Weiskopf, he also used the pseudonyms Petr Buk, Pierre Buk and F. W. L. Kovacs. He died in Berlin....
- Helmut Weiß alias Hans Wendt (Bremen)
- Karl August WittfogelKarl August WittfogelKarl August Wittfogel was a German-American playwright, historian, and sinologist. Originally a Marxist and an active member of the Communist Party of Germany, after the Second World War Wittfogel was an equally fierce anticommunist.-Biography:...
- Friedrich Wolf
- Carl Wüsthoff
- Max ZimmeringMax Zimmering-Life:Max Zimmering was born as a son of a clock maker in Pirna, Saxony. From 1914, he lived with an uncle in Dresden since his father would be drafted into the military and his mother had to move to Vienna because of her sickness...
- Hermynia Zur MühlenHermynia Zur MühlenHermynia zur Mühlen, aka Hermynia Zur Mühlen, born as Hermine Isabelle Maria Gräfin Folliot de Crenneville, also Folliot de Crenneville-Poutet was an Austrian writer and translator.- Works :* Schupomann Karl Müller * Chicago, Ill., Daily Worker Pub. Co...