Monde (review)

Monde was a weekly French international communist magazine.[1] The magazine featured articles about international culture and politics. It was published in Paris, France, from 1928 until 1935,[2] the year of the death of its founder, the writer Henri Barbusse.

Monde
Former editorsAugustin Habaru
CategoriesPolitical magazine
Cultural magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderHenri Barbusse
Founded1928
First issue9 June 1928
Final issue1935
CountryFrance
Based inParis
LanguageFrench

History and profile

The first issue of Monde appeared on 9 June 1928.[3] The magazine was started as an alternative to mainstream communist publications in France.[4] Henri Barbusse was the founder of the magazine which was published on a weekly basis.[4] He also served as the director of the magazine.[3] Augustin Habaru was the first editor-in-chief.[3] The magazine had its headquarters in Paris.[5]

Monde had an editorial board of which the members were elected by the stakeholders of the Societe Anonyme Monde.[3] The magazine published some articles by George Orwell while he was living in Paris including his first article as a professional writer, "La Censure en Angleterre", which appeared on 6 October 1928.[6]

References
  1. Richard Abel (1993). French Film Theory and Criticism: 1907-1929. Princeton University Press. p. 322. ISBN 0-691-00062-X. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. Douglas W. Alden (1 August 1994). French Twentieth Bibliography. Susquehanna University Press. p. 13968. ISBN 978-0-945636-68-7. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. Guessler Normand (July 1976). "Henri Barbusse and His Monde (1928-35): Progeny of the Clarte Movement and the Review Clarte". Journal of Contemporary History. 11 (2–3): 173–197. doi:10.1177/002200947601100210. JSTOR 260256. S2CID 161521783.
  4. Ludmila Stern (17 October 2006). Western Intellectuals and the Soviet Union, 1920-40: From Red Square to the Left Bank. Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-134-23867-5. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  5. Mariano Azuela; Gustavo Pellon. The Underdogs: with Related Texts. Hackett Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 1-62466-011-8. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  6. A Kind of Compulsion (1903–36), p.113
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