Greylag goose (magazine)
Die Graugans , own spelling die greugans , was a Vorarlberg literary magazine that appeared in five editions from 1979 to 1982. It was edited by Roland Jörg (* 1960) and Roger Vorderegger (* 1961).
history
The literature in Vorarlberg was marked up in the 1970s heavily by conservative writers. A paradigm shift was brought about by, among other things, a young, gradually establishing generation of authors, including writers such as Monika Helfer and Michael Köhlmeier . Thus the call for a progressive literary magazine was also loud. In the course of the reorganization of the literary field in Vorarlberg, the then German studies students Roland Jörg and Roger Vorderegger founded “die graugans”. The name of the magazine is derived from the old Icelandic word " Grágás ". The term comes from the 13th century and describes a legal book , the forerunner text from the early 12th century marks the beginning of Icelandic literature . For this reason, the first literary magazine in Vorarlberg, in the opinion of the editors, should henceforth be called “graugans”. It was only in the second issue that the two presented themselves as editors. In the third edition, Jörg and Vorderegger informed about the refusal on the part of the Vorarlberg state government to subsidize the paper.
In 1982, with the fifth edition, the project was over again. Officials said that the editors' various study locations were detrimental to joint organization and coordination. However, the establishment of the “ Vorarlberg Authors' Association ” in 1982 can also be seen as decisive, since all the important representatives were now united and thus “die greylag goose” became obsolete as a platform for young authors.
Program
Not only writers such as Kurt Bracharz , HC Artmann and Friederike Mayröcker , but also visual artists such as Kurt Matt or Gottfried Bechtold were able to publish. The editions of the “greylag goose” also contain articles on cultural history as well as on political and literary studies. The consistent lower case spelling that runs through all editions indicates a socially critical attitude of the publisher or the “gray goose”. It can thus be viewed as an attempt “at least to evade the doctrines imposed by the culture lobby (...) to preserve the gray goose a reasonably tolerable subjective freedom.” Art should therefore be viewed as isolated from any ideology and its emancipation should be promoted.
Web links
- The archive of the "gray goose" is kept in the Franz Michael Felder archive of the Vorarlberg State Library.
- the greylag goose in the Austrian National Library
- the greylag goose on worldcat
Individual evidence
- ↑ “die graugans” - DNB, catalog of the German National Library , last accessed on September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Roland Jörg, Roger Vorderegger: editorial. In: Greylag goose II.2, p. 3.