''Prometeo'' (Spanish: ''

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'') was a monthly avant-garde magazine which existed between 1908 and 1912 in Madrid, Spain. The magazine was established by the avant-garde writer Javier Gómez de la Serna. Its subtitle was ''revista social y literaria'' (Spanish: ''Social and literary magazine'').

History and profile

''Prometeo'' was launched by Javier Gómez de la Serna in Madrid on 1 November 1908. It came out monthly. Javier Gómez edited the political section of the magazine until issue 11 dated September 1909 when he was appointed general director registries and notaries. Then his son

Ramón Gómez de la Serna Ramón Gómez de la Serna y Puig (July 3, 1888 – January 13, 1963), born in Madrid, was a Spanish writer, dramatist and avant-garde agitator. He strongly influenced surrealist film maker Luis Buñuel. Ramón Gómez de la Serna was especially ...

took charge of the magazine. He also published articles in the magazine. Its major contributors were as follows: Rafael Cansinos-Asséns, Enrique Díez Canedo, Carlos Fernández Shaw,

Juan Ramón Jiménez Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (; 23 December 1881 – 29 May 1958) was a Spanish poet, a prolific writer who received the 1956 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which in the Spanish language constitutes an example of high ...

, Gabriel Miró, Cipriano Rivas Cherif, Emilio Carrere and Francisco Villaespesa. The writings of the Italian poet

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were also featured in the magazine. In April 1909 ''Prometeo'' published the Spanish translation of the

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written by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. The text was translated into Spanish by Ramón Gómez. Therefore, it endorsed this new approach which laid the basis of the avant-garde movement. It was the first Spanish periodical which published Spanish translations of the poems by

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. The magazine also featured translations of the work by

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and

George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 188 ...

. The final issue of ''Prometeo'' appeared on 1 March 1912.

References

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