''La Revue hebdomadaire'' 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 ...

founded in 1892 by and published until 1939.

History

Until the beginning of 20th century, the journal was directed by Pierre Mainguet with as editor. In 1908, it absorbed the monthly magazine '. After having been its secretary in the 1910s, then its editor-in-chief in November 1920, succeeding René Moulin, (1881–1966) became its director, a position he kept from October 1922 until 1939. The editors were Jean d'Elbée (1882–1966) then

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from 1928 to 1935, followed by . Le Grix called on new collaborators such as François Mauriac (who called him “La Grise” in the 1910s, because of his displayed homosexuality), responsible for the theatrical section from 1921 to 1923, Edmond Jaloux (literary life),

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(foreign policy), (Parisian life, then political chronicle from 1928),

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and Frantz Funck-Brentano (history), (religious life), Paul Reynaud (parliamentary forum). The literary magazine founded in 1929 the prize ''Prix du Premier Roman''. The success of the Cartel des Gauches led the journal to take a stand in political debates and gradually become radicalized. Le Grix was then an unparliamentary conservative and hostile to democracy. In 1934 and 1935, he went several times to Italy, where he met

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. The fascist dictator granted him financial assistance with two million francs, which enabled him to buy the daily '.Patricia Sorel, ''Plon : Le sens de l'histoire (1833–1962)'', Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2018,

References

External links

''La Revue hebdomadaire''
in Gallica, the digital library of BnF. {{DEFAULTSORT:Revue hebdomadaire, La 1892 establishments in France 1939 disestablishments in France Defunct literary magazines published in France Weekly magazines published in France Magazines established in 1892 Magazines disestablished in 1939