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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Label Occurrences
Pen League canonical 4

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Statements (49)

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 ⓘ
field Arabic literature ⓘ
modern Arabic literature ⓘ
foundedBy Abd al-Masih Haddad ⓘ
Gibran Khalil Gibran ⓘ
Mikha'il Na'ima ⓘ
linked to: Mikhail Naimy

Nasib Arida ⓘ
genre literary modernism ⓘ
hasGoal cultural exchange between East and West ⓘ
promotion of Mahjar writing ⓘ
renewal of Arabic literature ⓘ
hasPart New York Pen League ⓘ
São Paulo Pen League ⓘ
inception 1916 ⓘ
1920 ⓘ
influenced Arab diaspora literature ⓘ
Arabic prose ⓘ
modernist Arabic poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
movement Arab literary renaissance ⓘ
Mahjar movement ⓘ
notableFor introducing romanticism into Arabic literature ⓘ
pioneering Mahjar literature ⓘ
shaping modern Arabic literary style ⓘ
notableMember Abd al-Masih Haddad ⓘ
Elia Abu Madi ⓘ
Gibran Khalil Gibran ⓘ
Mikha'il Na'ima ⓘ
linked to: Mikhail Naimy

Najeeb Diab ⓘ
Nasib Arida ⓘ
Rashid Ayyub ⓘ
Rashid Salim al-Khuri ⓘ
Wadi' Bahout ⓘ
notableWork Al-Funun magazine (through its members) ⓘ
Al-Sa'ih magazine (through its members) ⓘ
religionOfManyMembers Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Maronite Christianity ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
usedMedium literary magazines ⓘ
newspapers ⓘ
public lectures ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mahjar movement → hasOrganization → Pen League ⓘ
Mikhail Naimy → memberOf → Pen League ⓘ
Elia Abu Madi → memberOf → Pen League ⓘ