''La Revue hebdomadaire'' was a literary magazine founded in 1892 by and published until 1939.

History

Until the beginning of 20th century, the journal was directed by Pierre Mainguet with as editor. In 1908, it absorbed the monthly magazine '. After having been its secretary in the 1910s, then its editor-in-chief in November 1920, succeeding René Moulin, (1881–1966) became its director, a position he kept from October 1922 until 1939. The editors were Jean d'Elbée (1882–1966) then Robert de Saint-Jean from 1928 to 1935, followed by Bernard Barbey. Le Grix called on new collaborators such as

François Mauriac François Charles Mauriac (; ; 11 October 1885 – 1 September 1970) was a French novelist, dramatist, critic, poet, and journalist, a member of the'' Académie française'' (from 1933), and laureate of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Pr ...

(who called him “La Grise” in the 1910s, because of his displayed homosexuality), responsible for the theatrical section from 1921 to 1923, Edmond Jaloux (literary life),

Wladimir d'Ormesson Wladimir is a masculine given name. It is an alternative spelling of the name Vladimir (name), Vladimir. Notable people with the name include: * Wladimir Aïtoff (1879–1963), French rugby player * Wladimir Balentien (born 1984), Dutch outfielder ...

(foreign policy), (Parisian life, then political chronicle from 1928),

Gustave Fagniez Gustave Fagniez (6 October 1842 – 18 June 1927) was a French historian, a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques of the Institut de France. His work focused on the economy and society of the Ancien Régime, as well as diplom ...

and

Frantz Funck-Brentano Frantz Funck-Brentano (15 June 1862 – 13 June 1947) was a French historian and librarian. He was born in the castle of Munsbach (Luxembourg) and died at Montfermeil. He was a son of Théophile Funck-Brentano. Biography After graduating a ...

(history), (religious life),

Paul Reynaud Paul Reynaud (; 15 October 1878 – 21 September 1966) was a French politician and lawyer prominent in the interwar period, noted for his economic liberalism and vocal opposition to Nazi Germany. Reynaud opposed the Munich Agreement of Septembe ...

(parliamentary forum). The literary magazine founded in 1929 the prize ''Prix du Premier Roman''. The success of the

Cartel des Gauches The Cartel of the Left ( ) was the name of the governmental alliance between the Radical-Socialist Party, the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO), and other smaller left-republican parties that formed on two occasions in ...

led the journal to take a stand in political debates and gradually become radicalized. Le Grix was then an unparliamentary conservative and hostile to democracy. In 1934 and 1935, he went several times to Italy, where he met

Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 un ...

. The fascist dictator granted him financial assistance with two million francs, which enabled him to buy the daily '.Patricia Sorel, ''Plon : Le sens de l'histoire (1833–1962)'',

Presses Universitaires de Rennes The Presses Universitaires de Rennes or PUR (''Rennes University Press'') is the largest French university press. Founded in 1984, PUR publishes around 200 books every year. It is located in Rennes in Brittany on the University of Rennes 2 – Up ...

, 2018,

References

External links

''La Revue hebdomadaire''
in Gallica, the digital library of BnF. {{DEFAULTSORT:Revue hebdomadaire, La 1892 establishments in France 1939 disestablishments in France Defunct literary magazines published in France Weekly magazines published in France Magazines established in 1892 Magazines disestablished in 1939