From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Defunct political magazine in France (1951?1975)
Preuves
(
French
:
Proof
) was a French language monthly political and cultural magazine which existed between 1951 and 1975 and was headquartered in
Paris
, France. It was the first publication launched by the
Congress for Cultural Freedom
which later started other magazines, including
Cuadernos
,
Encounter
,
Survey
,
Tempo Presente
and
Der Monat
.
[1]
[2]
[3]
History and profile
[
edit
]
Preuves
was established by the Congress for Cultural Freedom as a bulletin to publicize the political and intellectual views of the Congress members, and its first issue appeared in October 1951 with an editorial of French journalist
Remy Roure
.
[4]
[5]
The establishment of the magazine was first discussed during the inaugural meeting of the Congress for Cultural Freedom in
Berlin
in 1950 and finalized at the executive committee meeting in
Versailles
.
[1]
[5]
Russian-American composer and cultural figure
Nicolas Nabokov
played a significant role in the establishment of the magazine which was financed by the
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) like other periodicals of the Congress.
[1]
[6]
Over time
Preuves
developed into a magazine instead of being a bulletin.
[7]
Preuves
was published on a monthly basis.
[8]
Swiss
journalist
Francois Bondy
was the long-term director of the magazine which was redesigned in November 1951.
[5]
From January 1952 the number of pages was expanded.
[5]
That year
Konstanty Jele?ski
joined the editorial board.
[5]
Major contributors of
Preuves
included
Julian Huxley
,
Mircea Eliade
,
Andre Malraux
,
Guido Piovene
,
Herbert Read
,
Allen Tate
,
Lionel Trilling
,
Robert Penn Warren
,
W. H. Auden
,
Thornton Wilder
and
Jayaprakash Narayan
who also published articles in another publication of the Congress,
Encounter
.
[1]
In fact, an article published in one of the Congress magazines was generally published in the others.
[9]
For instance, it featured an article by
Albert Hourani
on
Taha Hussein
which was originally published in
Hiwar
'
s inaugural issue in 1962.
[9]
In the first year the number of subscribers was 1000.
[5]
The topics which were frequently covered in the first two years were the
European federalism
and the need for a transatlantic debate.
[5]
Preuves
was subject to frequent criticisms as being an American magazine and an anti-Communist publication.
[7]
The magazine became part of the Realites Group, a subsidiary of the
Hachette Group
, in 1969 which led to the redesign of the editorial board.
[5]
Francois Bondy left the magazine in 1972 when it turned to be a foreign policy publication losing its original
Atlanticist
, anti-neutralist and pro-American mission.
[1]
[5]
The magazine folded in 1975.
[5]
References
[
edit
]
|
---|
Key people
| |
---|
Magazines funded
| |
---|
Miscellaneous
| |
---|