L'Esquella de la Torratxa
 1920 cover with a drawing by Opisso | |
| Frequency | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Year founded | 1872 |
| Final issue | 1939 |
| Country | Spain |
| Based in | Barcelona |
| Language | Catalan |
L'Esquella de la Torratxa was an illustrated satirical weekly magazine, written in Catalan. Published in Barcelona between 1872 and 1939, it was well known for its pro-republican and anti-clerical stance and would become one of the most important Catalan publications of all times.
History[]
L'Esquella de la Torratxa, meaning "the cowbell of the turret", was first published on 5 May 1872. It began during an officially-decreed suspension of the publication of La Campana de Gràcia, a more overtly political magazine. It would, however, become very critical of Barcelona mayor Francisco Ríos Taulet and his promotion of the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition which was seen by many as a wasteful extravagancy.
The magazine had a succession of directors along its existence, beginning with , followed by others such as , Prudenci Bertrana and Pere Calders. Among the most notable article writers for the magazine were Santiago Rusiñol, under the pen name "Xarau", Prudenci Bertrana, , Antoni Rovira Virgili, Gabriel Alomar and .[1]
The main illustrators for the magazine were Apeles Mestres, , José Luis Pellicer, Luis Bagaría, , José Segrelles, Lorenzo Brunet, , Juan Junceda, , Félix Elías («Apa»), , , , Ricardo Opisso, and Isidro Nonel. In 1939, after , the director of El Be Negre, was murdered by anarchists some of the illustrators working for that magazine began working for L'Esquella de la Torratxa.[2]
L'Esquella de la Torratxa came out for the last time on 6 January 1939, when General Franco's Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War) was poised to conquer Barcelona. Since 1872 it had published a total of 3,096 issues.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Joan Torrent & Rafael Tasis, Història de la premsa catalana. Ed. Bruguera, Barcelona 1966
- ^ Lluís Solà i Dachs, Un segle d´humor català, Barcelona, Editorial Bruguera, 1972
- ^ L´Esquella de la Torratxa: la campana que enmudeció en 1939
External links[]
Media related to Esquella de la Torratxa at Wikimedia Commons- Opisso, l’Esquella i la guerra del Rif
- La Esquella de la torratxa: periódich satírich
- Francesc Mestre: Ilustradores Ilustres
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