Five Martyrs of the League of Left-Wing Writers
The Five Martyrs of the League of Left-Wing Writers were five Chinese writers associated with the League of Left-Wing Writers – Li Weisen, Hu Yepin, Rou Shi, Yin Fu, and Feng Keng – executed on 7 February 1931 by the Kuomintang in the "White Terror" period that followed the 1927 Shanghai massacre.
Eighteen other communists were executed on the same day, including a pregnant woman.[1]
Some have suggested that the five may have been betrayed by others in the Communist Party, perhaps as a result of a power struggle.[2]
See also
- Zong Hui, executed on 9 October 1930
References
- Wong, Lawrence Wang-Chi (1991). Politics and Literature in Shanghai: The Chinese League of Left-Wing Writers. Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-2924-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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