Editor | Cid Erik Tallqvist |
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Categories | Avant-garde magazine |
Publisher | Söderströms |
Founder | Elmer Diktonius |
Founded | 1928 |
First issue | 28 May 1928 |
Final issue | April 1929 |
Country | Finland |
Based in | Helsinki |
Language | Swedish |
Quosego was an avant-garde magazine which existed between 1928 and 1929 in Helsinki, Finland. Like its successor Ultra , it played a significant role in introducing the avant-garde movement to Scandinavian countries. [1] However, Quosego was much more inflential than its successor in terms of artistic and linguistic innovation. [2] The subtitle of Quosego was Tidskrift för ny generation (Swedish : Journal for the New Generation). [1] [3]
The preparations to launch Quosego began in Paris in 1926 by a group, including Elmer Diktonius, Hjalmar Hagelstam, Yngve Bäck and Torger Enckell. [1] The first, Swedish language, issue was published on 28 May 1928 by the Helsinki-based Söderströms, with Cid Erik Tallqvist as the editor-in-chief. [1] Its contributors were mostly Finland-Swedish expressionist and dadaist artists and writers, [1] such as Hagar Olsson [4] and Olof Enckell. [5] The latter presented the reactions of the young Finnish-Swedish poets about the work by Vilhelm Ekelund. [5] The magazine frequently featured poems by Gunnar Björling as well as Swedish translations of those by Eino Leino. [1] Björling published his experimental poems in all issues of Quosego. [6]
Quosego ceased publication in April 1929 after producing four issues. [1]
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