''Der Orchideengarten'' (English: ''The Orchid Garden''; subtitled ''Phantastische Blätter'' or ''Fantastic Pages'') was a German

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that was published for 51 issues from January 1919 until November 1921.Halbert W. Hall, ''Science/fiction collections: fantasy, supernatural & weird tales''. Routledge, 1983, p. 89.

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. Also described as largely 'supernatural horror', it was edited by

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correspondent and freelance writer Karl Hans Strobl more on Strobl and Alfons von Czibulka, published by Dreiländerverlag. It had 24 pages per issue printed on rough book paper. 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

Voltaire François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' Voltaire (, ; ), was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, philosopher (''philosophe''), satirist, and historian. Famous for his wit ...

, Charles Nodier, Guy de Maupassant,

Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier ( , ; 30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and rema ...

Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchbac ...

, Franz Rottensteiner, ''The Fantasy Book: An Illustrated History From Dracula To Tolkien''. Collier Books, 1978, (pp. 82–83). Villiers de l'Isle-Adam''Studien zur philosophie und literatur des neunzehnten jahrhunderts'', Volume 1 Klostermann, 1968 (pp. 210–13). and

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire (; ; born Kostrowicki; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic of Poland, Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...

.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). Other noted writers such as

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,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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, Pushkin,

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, Washington Irving,

Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story ''The Phantom Coach'' (1864), the nov ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (né Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associat ...

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, Valery Bryusov and Karel and Josef Čapek were all published in ''Der Ochideengarten''. German language writers for the magazine included Strobl, Hermann Harry Schmitz, Leo Perutz and Alexander Moritz Frey, as well as reprinted stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann. Illustrations included reproductions of medieval

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and pictures by 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, Eric Godal (1899–1969), Carl Rabus, (1898–1982) (famous for his work in the magazine '' Jugend'') Otto Nückel and Max Schenke (1891–1957).

References

External links

''The World's First Fantasy Magazine - Der Orchideengarten''
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Hathi Trust: ''Der Orchideengarten''
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