During the 1930s and 1940s, he was considered the proverbial dean of American proletarian literature.

In 1938 he read his first proletarian literature.

To the traditional proletarian literature of his time, Wright added indignation and resentment against racism.

There was a whole chain of separate departments dealing with proletarian literature, music, drama, and entertainment generally.

She is one of the most important contributors to proletarian literature.

Daughter of Earth has become a standard piece of proletarian literature because of its focus on the struggles of the working class.

We started out as opponents of the left-wing socialist realism of the day, in its extreme called proletarian literature.

Katagami's literature theory became the basis of proletarian literature in Japan.

This is an arguable position, however, due to the fact that there is no singular definition of proletarian literature.

Based on this personal experience, she wrote the short story In the Charity Hospital, which established her as a writer of proletarian literature.