Der Orchideengarten

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Der Orchideengarten
Fantasy fiction magazines
Founded1919
Final issue1921
CompanyDreiländerverlag
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

Der Orchideengarten (English: The Orchid Garden; subtitled Phantastische Blätter or Fantastic Pages) was a German pulp magazine that was published for 51 issues from January 1919 until November 1921.[1]

History and profile

Founded four years before the American magazine Weird Tales was initiated in March 1923, Der Orchideengarten is considered to be the first fantasy magazine.[2] Also described as largely 'supernatural horror', it was edited by World War I correspondent and freelance writer Karl Hans Strobl[3] and Alfons von Czibulka,[4] published by Dreiländerverlag. It had 24 pages per issue printed on rough book paper.[1]

The magazine included a wide selection of new and reprinted stories by both German-language and foreign writers. The main source of the translated material Der Orchideengarteen published was French literature; Der Orchideengarten published works by such authors as

Pushkin, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Amelia Edwards,[1] Nathaniel Hawthorne, H. G. Wells, Valery Bryusov and Karel and Josef Čapek were all published in Der Ochideengarten.[5] German language writers for the magazine included Strobl, Hermann Harry Schmitz, Leo Perutz
and
Gustave Dore and Tony Johannot, as well as contemporary artists such as Rolf von Hoerschelmann
(1885–1947), Otto Linnekogel (1892–1981), Karl Ritter (1888-?), Heinrich Kley, Alfred Kubin,[5] Eric Godal (1899–1969), Carl Rabus, (1898–1982) (famous for his work in the magazine Jugend) [8] Otto Nückel and Max Schenke (1891–1957).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Halbert W. Hall, Science/fiction collections: fantasy, supernatural & weird tales. Routledge, 1983, p. 89.
  2. .
  3. ^ Paijmans, Theo (28 July 2007). "At the dark heart of Lemuria, 1917". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010. more on Strobl
  4. ^ Theo Paijmans (23 August 2006). "Garden of Orchids". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. ^ (pp. 82–83).
  6. ^ a b Studien zur philosophie und literatur des neunzehnten jahrhunderts, Volume 1 Klostermann, 1968 (pp. 210–13).
  7. ^ A short story, "Cox-City!" from Apollinaire's book L'Hérèsiarque et Cie appeared in the 15 February 1919 issue; the author's name was given as "Apollinarius, Wileem". See Willard Bohn, Apollinaire and the international avant-garde, SUNY Press, 1997, (pp. 115, 329).
  8. ^ a b c d Sennewald, Adolf. Deutsche Buchillustratoren im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999, . (pp. 59, 115, 138, 155, 166, 173),

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