![]() Het Overzicht n° 14 (December 1922) | |
Editor | |
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Categories | Literary magazine |
Founder | Michel Seuphor |
First issue | June 1921 |
Final issue | February 1925 |
Country | Belgium |
Based in | Antwerp |
Language | Dutch |
OCLC | 5787201 |
Het Overzicht (Dutch:the Survey) was a Dutch language literary magazine published inAntwerp,Belgium, between 1921 and 1925. Until its cessation in 1925 it was the major avant-garde magazine in the country and published a total of 24 issues.[1]
Het Overzicht was first published in June 1921.[2][3] The magazine was subtitled asHalf-Maandelijks Tijdschrift: Kunst, Letteren, Mensheid.[2]Michel Seuphor was the founder of the magazine.[1][4] Geert Pynenburg was also functional in the foundation.[5] Its headquarters was in Antwerp.[6][7]
During its early yearsHet Overzicht was pro-Flemish.[5] Then it became amodernist periodical of European stature[5] and adopted aconstructivist,[6]dadaist andavant-garde approach.[8] It published poems in their original languages.[3] The magazine published a special issue onItalian futurism in December 1922.[9] Michel Seuphor andJozef Peeters were the editors ofHet Overzicht of which regular contributors includedGeert Grub, Georges Walz,Alice Nahon,[5]Victor Brunclair [nl], Leo Steiner,Gaston Burssens andMichel Seuphor.[2]
The last issue ofHet Overzicht was published in February 1925.[2] All issues of the magazine are archived in theMiddelheim Museum, Antwerp.[2]