''Troços'' is an

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Catalan magazine published for the first time in 1916. It was directed by Josep Maria Junoy, who was also the owner of the magazine. Only 101 copies were printed of the first edition. This number had 8 pages and the measurements were 223 x 135 mm. Its impression was a high quality one and it was done in the printing house Oliva de Vilanova. Its price was 2.50 pesetas. One year later, in 1917, we find again the same title directed too by Josep Maria Junoy. As an exception, the number 4 of the magazine was directed by

Josep Vicenç Foix Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas (; 28 January 1893 in Barcelona – 29 January 1987) was a Catalan poet, writer, and essayist. He usually signed his work by using the abbreviation J.V. Foix. Biography Born in Sarrià, Barcelona, Foix was the son of a ...

. The magazine from that period had a measurement of 193 x 149 mm and it also had 8 pages. It was printed in the printing house can Galve and the editing office was in Galeries Dalmau, in the Street Portaferrissa 18 of

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

. The magazine had a monthly regularity but it was stopped for 4 months. Each number cost 45 cents of peseta.

Themes and collaborators

''Troços'' was dedicated to literature and art news. Josep Maria Junoy was a supporter of

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

(the historical context is

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

). This feeling is shown in a preliminary note he made in the magazine in which he wrote Vive le France. In the magazine there were published translations from foreign writers like Pierre Albert-Birot,

Philippe Soupault Philippe Soupault (2 August 1897 – 12 March 1990) was a French writer and poet, novelist, critic, and political activist. He was active in Dadaism and later was instrumental in founding the Surrealist movement with André Breton. Soupault ini ...

, Egio Bolongaro and

Pierre Reverdy Pierre Reverdy (; 13 September 1889 – 17 June 1960) was a French poet whose works were inspired by and subsequently proceeded to influence the provocative art movements of the day, Surrealism, Dadaism and Cubism. The loneliness and spiritual app ...

. Moreover, there were published original works by Josep Maria Junoy, Joaquim Folguera and

. Drawings by

Albert Gleizes Albert Gleizes (; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on ...

, Pere Ynglada,

Joan Miró Joan Miró i Ferrà ( , ; ; 20 April 1893 – 25 December 1983) was a Catalan Spanish painter, sculptor and Ceramic art, ceramist. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona ...

, Cels Lagar, Frank Burty and Enric C. Ricart were published. The magazine Troços, although it had a short life, is a good source to learn about European

Avant-gardism In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable t ...

.TORRENT, Joan; TASIS, Rafael. Història de la premsa catalana. Barcelona: Bruguera, 1966.(volum I- pàg.529)

References

External links

Digitalization available in the ARCA Portal (archive of antique Catalan magazines)

Archive of Troços magazine
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