Grecia was a literary magazine which was published from 1918 to 1920 in Spain. Its subtitle was Revista Decenal de Literatura (Spanish: Decennial Literature Magazine).[1] Later it was redesigned as Revista de literatura (Spanish: Literature Magazine).[2] It was a traditionalist as reflected in its title[3] and modernist publication in the early years, but later adopted an avant-garde approach and became the flagship of the ultraísmo.
Editor | Rafael Cansinos-Asséns |
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Former editors | Adriano del Valle |
Categories | Literary magazine |
Founder | Isaac del Vando Villar |
Founded | 1918 |
First issue | 18 October 1918 |
Final issue | November 1920 |
Country | Spain |
Based in | |
Language | Spanish |
Grecia was established by the Andalusian poet Isaac del Vando Villar in Seville in 1918 as a modernist literary magazine.[4] Its first issue appeared on 18 October 1918.[1] Adriano del Valle was the first editor-in-chief of the magazine which had 24 pages throughout its run.[4]
Although Grecia adhered to modernism, over time it covered the work by writers from distinct literary waves such as futurism, cubism, dadaism and expressionism.[4] The first manifesto of the ultraísmo group was published in the magazine in 1919.[5] The group included Guillermo de Torre, Rafael Cansinos-Asséns, Gerardo Diego and Jorge Luis Borges.[5] Following this incident Grecia became the leading media outlet of the avant-garde in Spain.[6] In addition, it played a significant role in the introduction of the ultraísmo in other Spanish-speaking countries, including Mexico.[5] Pedro Garfias published his poem Domingo (Spanish: Sunday) in the magazine which was a typical example of the ultraist poetry.[3]
The headquarters of Grecia moved to Madrid in the summer of 1920.[1][3] During this period Rafael Cansinos-Asséns edited the magazine. Its title page and header was redesigned by Norah Borges to reflect its avant-garde character.[1][7] The magazine folded in November 1920.[1]