Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Authors
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.
Prominent members[]
- Johannes R. Becher
- Hertha Block
- Julian Borchardt (founding member)
- Willi Bredel
- Elfriede Brüning
- (excluded 20 May 1930)
- Karl Grünberg
- Kurt Kläber
- Egon Erwin Kisch (founding member)
- Berta Lask (founding member)
- Maria Leitner
- Hans Lorbeer (founding member)
- Hans Marchwitza
- Ernst Ottwalt
- Erwin Piscator
- alias Peter Polter
- Ludwig Renn (founding member)
- Trude Richter
- Frida Rubiner
- Anna Seghers (founding member)
- and
- Erich Weinert (founding member)
- Franz Carl Weiskopf
- Helmut Weiß alias Hans Wendt (Bremen)
- Karl August Wittfogel
- Friedrich Wolf
- Max Zimmering
- Hermynia Zur Mühlen
See also[]
- Union of Soviet Writers
- League of American Writers
- Chinese Writers Association
- Cultural organisations based in Germany
- Arts organizations established in 1928
- 1928 establishments in Germany
- Communist Party of Germany