Pen League
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Pen League was a pioneering early 20th-century Arabic literary society of émigré writers in the Americas that helped shape modern Arabic literature and the Mahjar movement.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic literary society
ⓘ
Mahjar literary society ⓘ literary society ⓘ |
| basedOn | Syrian–Lebanese émigré community ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United States of America ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1930s ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupOfMembers |
Lebanese
ⓘ
Syrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
Arabic literature
ⓘ
modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Abd al-Masih Haddad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gibran Khalil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikha'il Na'ima NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasib Arida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | literary modernism ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
cultural exchange between East and West
ⓘ
promotion of Mahjar writing ⓘ renewal of Arabic literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
New York Pen League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
São Paulo Pen League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
1916
ⓘ
1920 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arab diaspora literature
ⓘ
Arabic prose ⓘ modernist Arabic poetry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Arabic ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| movement |
Arab literary renaissance
ⓘ
Mahjar movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
introducing romanticism into Arabic literature
ⓘ
pioneering Mahjar literature ⓘ shaping modern Arabic literary style ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Abd al-Masih Haddad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elia Abu Madi NERFINISHED ⓘ Gibran Khalil Gibran NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikha'il Na'ima NERFINISHED ⓘ Najeeb Diab NERFINISHED ⓘ Nasib Arida NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashid Ayyub NERFINISHED ⓘ Rashid Salim al-Khuri NERFINISHED ⓘ Wadi' Bahout NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Al-Funun magazine (through its members)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Al-Sa'ih magazine (through its members) ⓘ |
| religionOfManyMembers |
Eastern Orthodoxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maronite Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| usedMedium |
literary magazines
ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ public lectures ⓘ |
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