''La Petite Illustration'' was a weekly French literary

journal A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

. Being a supplement to ''

L'Illustration ''L'Illustration'' was a weekly French language, French newspaper published in Paris from 1843 to 1944. It was founded by Édouard Charton with the first issue published on 4 March 1843, it became the first illustrated newspaper in France then, a ...

'' it existed between 1913 and 26 August 1939.

History and profile

''La Petite Illustration'' was founded in 1913. It was a newspaper supplement to ''L'Illustration'' and published plays, novels and short stories often first publishing and containing illustrations. The headquarters of the magazine was in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. The magazine has been noted that it published works on

French Algeria French Algeria (french: Alger to 1839, then afterwards; unofficially , ar, الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the period of French colonisation of Algeria. French rule in the region began in 1830 with the ...

. It also covered articles on theatre. Contributors included

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable ...

and

Isabelle Sandy Isabelle Sandy (a pseudonym; 15 June 1884, Cos, Ariège – 8 May 1975) was a French poet, writer and radio presenter, best known for her French literary regionalism, regionalism.Frédérique Chevillot, Anna Norris, ''Des femmes écrivent la guer ...

, among others. ''La Petite Illustration'' ceased publication on 26 August 1939. It was replaced by another theatrical journal, '' L'avant-scène théâtre''.Peter Nagy (ed.), Philippe Rouyer (ed.), ''The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe v.1: Europe Vol 1 (World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre)''
Routledge, 1994, p. 322.

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