Der Orchideengarten
![]() Der Orchideengarten, 1920 cover | |
Editor | Karl Hans Strobl Alfons von Czibulka |
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Categories | Fantasy fiction magazines |
Year founded | 1919 |
Final issue | 1921 |
Company | Dreiländerverlag |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Der Orchideengarten ('The Orchids-garden'; subtitled Phantastische Blätter or 'Fantastic Pages') was a German magazine that was published for 51 issues from January 1919 until November 1921.[1]
History and profile[]
Founded four years before the American magazine Weird Tales was initiated in March 1923, Der Orchideengarten is considered to be the first fantasy magazine.[2] Also described as largely 'supernatural horror', it was edited by World War I correspondent and freelance writer Karl Hans Strobl[3] and Alfons von Czibulka,[4] published by Dreiländerverlag. It had 24 pages per issue printed on rough book paper.[1]
The magazine included a wide selection of new and reprinted stories by both German-language and foreign writers. The main source of the translated material Der Orchideengarteen published was French literature; Der Orchideengarten published works by such authors as Voltaire, Charles Nodier, Guy de Maupassant, Théophile Gautier, Victor Hugo,[5] Villiers de l'Isle-Adam[6] and Guillaume Apollinaire.[7] Other noted writers such as Apuleius,[8] Charles Dickens, Pushkin, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Amelia Edwards,[1] Nathaniel Hawthorne, H. G. Wells, Valery Bryusov and Karel and Josef Čapek were all published in Der Ochideengarten.[5] German language writers for the magazine included Strobl, , Leo Perutz and Alexander Moritz Frey,[8] as well as reprinted stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann.[6] Illustrations included reproductions of medieval woodcuts and pictures by Gustave Dore and Tony Johannot, as well as contemporary artists such as (1885–1947), (1892–1981), (1888-?), Heinrich Kley, Alfred Kubin,[5] (1899–1969), Carl Rabus, (1898–1982) (famous for his work in the magazine Jugend) [8] Otto Nückel and (1891–1957).[8]
References[]
- ^ a b c Halbert W. Hall, Science/fiction collections: fantasy, supernatural & weird tales. Routledge, 1983, p. 89.
- ^ Michael Ashley (2000). The time machines: the story of the science-fiction pulp magazines from the beginning to 1950. Liverpool UP. p. 15. ISBN 9780853238553.
- ^ Paijmans, Theo. "At the dark heart of Lemuria, 1917". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010. more on Strobl
- ^ Theo Paijmans. "Garden of Orchids". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ a b c Franz Rottensteiner, The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History From Dracula To Tolkien. Collier Books, 1978, ISBN 0020535600 (pp. 82–83).
- ^ a b Studien zur philosophie und literatur des neunzehnten jahrhunderts, Volume 1 Klostermann, 1968 (pp. 210–13).
- ^ A short story, "Cox-City!" from Apollinaire's book L'Hérèsiarque et Cie appeared in the 15 February 1919 issue; the author's name was given as "Apollinarius, Wileem". See Willard Bohn, Apollinaire and the international avant-garde, SUNY Press, 1997, ISBN 0791431959 (pp. 115, 329).
- ^ a b c d Sennewald, Adolf. Deutsche Buchillustratoren im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3447042281. (pp. 59, 115, 138, 155, 166, 173),
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