''La Dona Catalana'' ("Catalan Woman") was a

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home and fashion magazine. It was published by Editorial Bosch in

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between 1925 and 1938. Starting on 9 October 1925, the weekly periodical came out every Friday, although there was some sporadic irregularity. It was founded by a pioneer of Catalan cinema, Magi Murià (Barcelona, 1881 - Mexico, 1954). He came from a working-class family whose social status was modest, but he learned French, film and journalism on his own. His daughter, the writer Anna Murià, wrote her first article for the magazine using the pseudonym "Roser Català"; even her father did not know who was the author of that article. A total of 681 issues were published. ''La Dona Catalanas last issue occurred on 16 December 1938, when

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's troops began the

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References

* VVAA, “Pequeña Memoria Recobrada. Libros Infantiles del Exilio del 1939”; Madrid. Ed. Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deporte, Subdirección General de Información y Publicaciones; 2008. (in Spanish) * ELI BARTRA i LLORENÇ ESTEVE, “La I Guerra Mundial y el Auge del Cine Catalán: Un Estudio de “Barcinógrafo” y de Magí Murià”; Film Historia, nº 4: p. 186-196; 1994. (in Spanish) * EULÀLIA PÉREZ I VALLVERDÚ; La Literatura Infantil i Juvenil de Josep Maria Folch i Torres; Ed. L’Abadia de Montserrat; 2012. (in Catalan) * JOAQUÍM ROMAGUERA; “Memòries d’um exiliat, 1939-1948”; Col·lecció Guimet; 2002. (in Catalan) * NÚRIA PI I VENDRELL; “Bibliografia de la novel·la sentimental publicada em Català, entre 1924 i 1938”; Diputació de Barcelona; 1986. (in Catalan) 1925 establishments in Spain 1938 disestablishments in Spain Magazines published in Catalonia Catalan-language magazines Defunct magazines published in Spain Defunct lifestyle magazines Magazines established in 1925 Magazines disestablished in 1938 Magazines published in Barcelona Defunct women's fashion magazines Weekly magazines published in Spain Women's magazines published in Spain {{Europe-lifestyle-mag-stub