''Critica fascista'' was a biweekly cultural magazine which was founded and edited by

Giuseppe Bottai Giuseppe Bottai (3 September 1895 – 9 January 1959) was an Italian journalist, and member of the National Fascist Party of Benito Mussolini. Early life Born in Rome, Giuseppe was son of Luigi, a wine dealer with republican sympathies, and Ele ...

in Rome, Italy. The magazine existed during the Fascist rule in the country from 1923 to 1943. Over time it became one of the most significant publications of the fascist period in Italy.

History and profile

''Critica fascista'' was founded in 1923 by Italian journalist Giuseppe Bottai in Rome. It was published on a biweekly basis and edited by Giuseppe Bottai during its lifetime. The goal of Bottai was to provide a platform for the Fascist government to develop a cultural policy through intellectual and artistic discussions. The magazine also aimed at educating the emerging ruling class and at initiating a discussion on the nature of Fascist ideology. It adopted revisionism which had appeared as a new ideology of the Italian Fascism. Between 1926 and 1927 ''Critica fascista'' published various articles on the definition and scope of the state art in an attempt to help the Fascist authorities in developing the related concepts. The magazine adopted an anti-capitalist stance. Its notable contributors included

Ardengo Soffici Ardengo Soffici (7 April 1879 – 19 August 1964) was an Italian writer, painter, poet, sculptor and intellectual. Early life Soffici was born in Rignano sull'Arno, near Florence. In 1893 his family moved to the latter city, where he studi ...

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Gino Severini Gino Severini (7 April 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Italian Painting, painter and a leading member of the Futurism (art), Futurist movement. For much of his life he divided his time between Paris and Rome. He was associated with neo-classici ...

Massimo Bontempelli Massimo Bontempelli (12 May 1878 – 21 July 1960) was an Italian poet, playwright, novelist and composer. He was influential in developing and promoting the literary style known as magical realism. Life Massimo Bontempelli was born in Como ...

Cipriano Efisio Oppo Cipriano Efisio Òppo (2 July 1891 – 10 January 1962) was an Italian painter, stage designer, satirical illustrator, and critic. He was born in Rome, the city in which he also lived, worked and died, though his father's and mother's families ha ...

Curzio Malaparte Curzio Malaparte (; 9 June 1898 – 19 July 1957), born Kurt Erich Suckert, was an Italian writer, filmmaker, war correspondent and diplomat. Malaparte is best known outside Italy due to his works ''Kaputt'' (1944) and ''La pelle'' (1949). The f ...

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye d ...

Anton Giulio Bragaglia __NOTOC__ Anton Giulio Bragaglia (11 February 1890 – 15 July 1960) was a pioneer in Italian Futurist Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty ...

Umberto Fracchia Umberto Fracchia (5 April 1889 - 5 December 1930) was an Italian writer who died young. He was intensely active professionally for slightly more than two decades, between 1908 and 1930. He began writing short stories at an early age, but buil ...

and

Emilio Cecchi Emilio Cecchi (14 July 1884 – 5 September 1966) was an Italian literary critic, art critic and screenwriter. One English language source describes him as "an 'official' - although radically anti-academic - intellectual". He was made artistic ...

. In the early 1930s Giuseppe Bottai and other Fascist figures frequently published articles in the magazine about the need for the modernization in all aspects of Italian life. ''Critica fascista'' folded in 1943, and the last issue was number 21.

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