Hvedekorn

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Hvedekorn
Former editors
Categories Literary magazine
FrequencyQuarterly
Founder
Founded1920;103 years ago (1920)
Country Denmark
Based in Copenhagen
Language Danish
ISSN 0018-8093
OCLC 759700216

Hvedekorn (Danish : Grains of Wheat) is a Danish language literary magazine published in Copenhagen, Denmark, since 1920. It is one of the Danish publications which improved the cultural journalism in the country. [1]

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History and profile

The magazine was established in 1920 [1] [2] under the name of Klinte. [3] Its founders were the expressionist artists Knud Bruun-Rasmussen and Johannes Weltzer. [3] It was published with this title for one year and was renamed as Ung dansk Litteratur and then as Vild Hvede. [3] [4] The latter title was adopted during the editorship of Viggo F. Møller from 1930. [3] Halfdan Rasmussen and the cartoonist Ernst Clausen took over the editorship in 1952, and they renamed the magazine as Hvedekorn. [3]

Hvedekorn is based in Copenhagen [5] and is a literary magazine, specializing in poetry. [6] Danish poets Inger Christensen and Marianne Larsen are among the contributors of the magazine. [7] [8] The other well-known contributors include Tom Kristensen and Tove Ditlevsen. [2]

Poul Borum, a critic and poet, served as the editor-in-chief of Hvedekorn between 1968 and 1996. [3] [8] Another editor-in-chief was Torben Brostrøm. [9] In 1996 Andreas Brøgger became its editor-in-chief. [10]

The editorial staff of Hvedekorn has consisted of poetry editor Lars Bukdahl and art editor Christian Vind since 2008. [3]

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