Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Authors

The Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Authors (German: Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller, BPRS) 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.^[1][2]

Founders

• Julian Borchardt
• Egon Kisch
• Berta Lask
• Hans Lorbeer
• Ludwig Renn
• Anna Seghers
• Erich Weinert

FoundedatScheunenviertel, Berlin

Location

• Weimar Republic

Publication

Die Linkskurve

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Association of Proletarian-Revolutionary Authors

Bund proletarisch-revolutionärer Schriftsteller
Founding location of the Association
Founders	Julian Borchardt Egon Kisch Berta Lask Hans Lorbeer Ludwig Renn Anna Seghers Erich Weinert
Founded at	Scheunenviertel, Berlin
Location	Weimar Republic
Publication	Die Linkskurve

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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 as Gyorgy Lukács, who was later to contribute to the development of Socialist realism.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}