Octubre (magazine)

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Octubre
CategoriesLiterary magazine
Founder
Founded1933 (1933)
First issueSummer 1933
Final issue1934
CountrySpain
Based inMadrid
LanguageSpanish

Octubre (Spanish : October) was a Communist literary magazine which was published in Madrid between 1933 and 1934. [1] The subtitle of the magazine was Escritores y artistas revolutionarios (Spanish : Revolutionary writers and artists). [1]

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History and profile

The founders of Octubre were Rafael Alberti, his wife María Teresa León and César Arconada. [2] [3] [4] The magazine was started in Summer 1933 [5] after the visit of Alberti and León to the Soviet Union. [6] Some of the contributors included Antonio Machado, Emilio Prados and Luis Cernuda. [1] [7]

Octubre was published on high-quality paper and frequently featured photographs most of which displayed scenes from Soviet life. [1] The magazine had a Marxist orientation. [8] It also adopted a Soviet-type avant-garde literary approach [1] and had a Stalinist political stance. [9] Although the magazine was not financed by the Comintern, it featured some articles, essays, and photos provided by the Soviets. [10]

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