He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Socialism and Marxism in Pakistan, as well as the moving spirit behind the Progressive Writers Association.
[1][2] Sibte Hassan was born on 31 July 1916 in kushaha, Ambari, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
[1][3] During his college days he had Amarnath Jha and Firaq Gorakhpuri as teachers, both of whom would end up as some of India's greatest intellectuals and recipients of the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the country.
[1] For many decades, Musa se Marx Tak was the fundamental guiding texts for the activists and students of the leftist politics of Pakistan.
[5] In Pakistan Main Tehzeeb ka Irtiqa, Hassan wrote on the history of Pakistani people and the country's material and economic basis.