''Campo di Marte'' (

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: ''Field of Mars'') was a

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

published briefly from 1938 to 1939 in

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, Italy.

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''Campo di Marte'' was established by

Vasco Pratolini Vasco Pratolini (19 October 1913 – 12 January 1991) was an Italian writer of the 20th century. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times. Biography Born in Florence, Pratolini worked at various jobs before entering the li ...

and

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in August 1938. They also edited the magazine, which had its headquarters in Florence. ''Campo di Marte'' declared its goal as "to educate the people" about the arts. It had a sceptical approach towards the European

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and

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experience as well as to

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. The magazine had an

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political leaning. It openly questioned several aspects of the

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in Italy. It was subjected to

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and closed down by the regime in August 1939 after only twelve issues.

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