Vindrosen (Danish: Compass Card) was a Danish modernist cultural and literary magazine existed between 1954 and 1974. It was one of the Danish publications which improved the cultural journalism in the country.[1]

Vindrosen
CategoriesLiterary and cultural magazine
Founded1954
Final issue1974
CountryDenmark
Based inCopenhagen
LanguageDanish
ISSN0042-627X
OCLC1769146

History and profile edit

Vindrosen was established in 1954[1][2] as a successor to another cultural magazine Heretica.[3][4] The magazine was published by the leading Danish company Gyldendal in Copenhagen.[5]

The focus of Vindrosen was on literary work.[2] During the 1950s the magazine was under the influence of the writers contributed to Heretica.[3] However, later it abandoned their views[6] and cold war approach.[3] Instead, Vindrosen began to focus on the third world countries.[3] In addition, it became one of the supporters of modernism and radicalism in the 1960s and 1970s in Denmark.[2] In the 1960s like other Scandinavian literary magazines Vindrosen adopted the eclectic thinking.[7] During the same period it also featured criticisms of literature and society.[6] The magazine closely collaborated with the newspaper Information on these issues.[6] Around the 1968 student protests the magazine functioned as a platform for the young leftist intellectuals who edited it.[7] In 1974 Vindrosen ceased publication.[2][3]

Editors and contributors edit

In the 1950s Peter P. Rohde was the editor of Vindrosen.[8] Then Klaus Rifbjerg[9] and Villy Sorensen co-edited the magazine.[10] The former served in the post between 1959 and 1963. In the rest of the 1960s Jess Ørnsbo served in the post.[11] Niels Barfoed was also among the editors of Vindrosen.[12]

Poul Vad was one of the contributors of Vindrosen.[13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nete Nørgaard Kristensen; Unni From; Aske Kammer (2017). "The Changing Logics of Danish Cultural Journalism". In Nete Nørgaard Kristensen; Kristina Riegert (eds.). Cultural Journalism in the Nordic Countries. Gothenburg: Nordicom. p. 45. ISBN 978-91-87957-58-1.
  2. ^ a b c d Jan Sjåvik (2006). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-8108-6501-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sven Hakon Rossel, ed. (1992). A History of Danish Literature. Lincoln, NE; London: University of Nebraska Press. p. 425. ISBN 0-8032-3886-X.
  4. ^ Robert Singerman (2003). "Creating the optimum bibliography: From reference chaining to bibliographic control". In David William Foster; James Raymond Kelly (eds.). Bibliography in Literature, Folklore, Language, and Linguistics: Essays on the Status of the Field. Jefferson, NC; London: McFarland. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7864-1447-5.
  5. ^ Thomas Hvid Kromann (2016). "In the service of the revolution- The little magazine MAK (1969–1970)". In Tania Ørum; Jesper Olsson (eds.). A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1950-1975. Leiden; Boston, MA: BRILL Rodopi. p. 212. ISBN 978-90-04-31050-6.
  6. ^ a b c P. M. Mitchell (August 1962). "Contemporary Danish Criticism: Media, Methods and Men". Scandinavian Studies. 34 (3): 155–169. JSTOR 40916395.
  7. ^ a b Lars Lönnroth (Winter 1981). "New Critics of 1968: Political Persuasion and Literary Scholarship in Scandinavia after the Student Revolution". Scandinavian Studies. 53 (1): 33. JSTOR 40918074.
  8. ^ Ingeborg Philipsen (2003). "Out of tune: The Congress for Cultural Freedom in Denmark, 1953–1960". In Hans Krabbendam; Giles Scott-Smith (eds.). The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-60. Abingdon; New York: Frank Cass Publishers. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-135-76344-2.
  9. ^ "Rifbjerg, Klaus". Baltic Sea Library. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  10. ^ "Villy Sorensen, 72; Danish Writer". Los Angeles Times. 20 December 2001. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Odin Teatret in Denmark" (PDF). Odin Teatret Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Gratias Agit Award Laureates 2011" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  13. ^ Steen Klitgård Povlsen (2007). "Danish Modernism". In Astradur Eysteinsson; Vivian Liska (eds.). Modernism. Amsterdam; Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. p. 860. ISBN 978-90-272-9204-9.