Il Selvaggio

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Il Selvaggio
Editor-in-chiefMino Maccari
Former editorsAngelo Bencini
CategoriesArts magazine
Political magazine
FrequencyIrregular
FounderAngelo Bencini
Mino Maccari
Year founded1924
First issue13 July 1924
Final issueJune 1943
CountryItaly
Based inColle di Val d'Elsa
Siena
Turin
Rome
LanguageItalian
OCLC173994792

Il Selvaggio (meaning the Savage or the Wild One in English) was an Italian language political and arts magazine that existed between 1924 and 1943. It was a media outlet of an intellectual group called Strapaese (meaning Supervillage in English).[1]

History and profile[]

Il Selvaggio was founded by Angelo Bencini and Mino Maccari, an Italian fascist artist and journalist, in Colle di Val d'Elsa in 1924 as a political magazine.[2][3] The first issue of the bimonthly magazine was published on 13 July 1924.[4] The founding director was Angiolo Bencini who held the post until 1926 when Mino Maccari succeeded him.[2] The latter also edited the magazine.[5][6]

The format of the magazine was 50x35 cm, but was changed to 44x32 cm.[4] It had variable number of pages ranging from four to twelve pages.[4] From 1926 Il Selvaggio was headquartered in Florence.[4] The same year the Fascist government forced the magazine to contain cultural and satirical materials, making its goal to promote a version of an anti-intellectual version of arts.[7] Then the magazine focused on the core of the Italian spirit observed "in the cradle of Italian civilization, namely the hills and countryside of Tuscany".[7]

The editorial offices of Il Selvaggio moved to Siena in 1929 and then to Turin in 1930.[8] In 1932 its headquarters was moved to Rome.[8] The frequency of the magazine was also frequently changed and was mostly published irregularly.[2] Leo Longanesi, Ardengo Soffici, Carlo Carrà, Mario Tinti, Manlio Malabotta, Amerigo Bartoli Natinguerra, Giuseppe Pensabene and Ottone Rosai were among the leading contributors of the magazine.[4] Over time Il Selvaggio focused on artistic subjects, including architectural topics, instead of political topics.[4] The last issue of the magazine appeared in June 1943.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Ruth Ben-Ghiat (2001). Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA; London: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520242166.
  2. ^ a b c d "Il Selvaggio" (in Italian). Circe. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ Lynn M. Gunzberg (Summer 1983). "Ruralism, Folklore, and Grazia Deledda's Novels". Modern Language Studies. 13 (3): 116. doi:10.2307/3194185. JSTOR 3194185.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Michela Rosso (2016). "Il Selvaggio 1926–1942: Architectural Polemics and Invective Imagery". Architectural Histories. 4 (1): 1. doi:10.5334/ah.203.
  5. ^ Francesca Billiani; Laura Pennacchietti (2019). Architecture and the Novel under the Italian Fascist Regime. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 21. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-19428-4. ISBN 978-3-030-19427-7. S2CID 158649280.
  6. ^ Peter Davies; Derek Lynch, eds. (2002). The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right. London; New York: Routledge. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-203-99472-6.
  7. ^ a b Valerio C. Ferme (Summer 1998). "Redefining the Aesthetics of Fascism: The battle Between the Ancients and the Moderns Revisited". Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures. 52 (2): 74. doi:10.1080/00397709809598260.
  8. ^ a b "Il Selvaggio" (in Italian). Riviste Scuola Romana. Retrieved 26 September 2021.

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