Serra d'Or

Serra d'Or is a Catalan magazine, which appeared in October 1959. It was promoted by a group of university students. It was published by the printing house of the Monastery of Montserrat, with a monthly circulation of 8,000 copies.

Origin

The origin of the magazine can be found in 1946. During the coronation celebrations of the Virgin of Montserrat in 1947 there was a meeting between Catalan intellectuals and Benedictines of Montserrat monastery despite the difficulties this time. At that moment there were two publications that were funded by the Montserrat monastery, and who were born separately: Germinàbit, which was a magazine for the old singer of the choir of the abbey, and Serra d'Or, a magazine for the workers of the Abbey had. At the end of 1959, the two magazines were merged. The staff of Germinàbit ( Enric bastard and Max Cahner, which was occurred due to Josep Benet ) was then the staff of Serra d'Or. That's why the magazine " second period" says.

History

From the beginning, this magazine was a stage for the Catalan intellectuals of the second half of the 20th century. This magazine took advantage of the possibilities of cultural and political activity that existed in the Francoist regime, for the case that one could avoid the censorship. The demand for young writers who will be made ​​a year younger than 30 years old for writers, allowed that some important writers published in Catalan, including Montserrat Roig, Oriol Pi de Cabanyes, Carme Riera, Baltasar Porcel, or Terenci Moix. These writers and many others, which are of importance for the Catalan literature, published their first works in Serra d'Or.

From 1964 to 1995, the director of the magazine, the monk Maur Maria Boix was. He was replaced by Josep Massot i Muntaner. From 1963 Jordi Sarsanedas was the editor in chief. Today Marta Nadal is the editor in chief.

After Franco's dictatorship, the magazine continued, but she grappled with cultural issues. The political issues were generally removed, so that all tendencies could be absent. That's why the magazine has employees from all political tendencies today.

Between the members of the Directorate can be important people of Catalan culture will find: Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit, Oriol Bohigas, Ramon bastard, Sebastià Benet, Josep M. Bricall, Max Cahner, Jordi Carbonell, Josep M. Castellet, Alexandre Cirici, Joan Colomines, Xavier Fàbregas ( Joan Triadú replaced ), Joaquim Molas, Miquel Porter i Moix, Antoni de Rosselló, Josep Termes, Francesc Vallverdú and Jordi Ventura i Subirats.

The magazine has many employees who have different ideologies. They also are various matters, such as politics, design, architecture and urban planning, religion, economics, art, cinema, theater, language, literature, and so on.

During the 1960s the Serra d'Or Critique prices were established. You have the following categories: novel, fairy tales, poetry, translation, children's literature, criticism, and theater.