| Categories | Literary and cultural magazine |
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| Founded | 1948 |
| Final issue | 1953 |
| Country | Denmark |
| Based in | Copenhagen |
| Language | Danish |
| OCLC | 265696256 |
| Part ofa series on |
| Conservatism in Denmark |
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Heretica was a conservative cultural and literary magazine published inCopenhagen,Denmark, from 1948 to 1953.[1]
Heretica was established in 1948.[2] One of the founders wasThorkild Bjørnvig.[3] It was largely inspired by the British periodicalThe Criterion by T. S. Eliot.[2] The magazine adopted an anti-ideological humanism approach.[4] The magazine ended publication in 1953[2] and was succeeded by another magazine,Vindrosen.[5]
Heretica was produced by the poets who looked for new reality challenging the conventional ideas ofChristianity,humanism andcommunism.[5] The magazine also covered the poems and writings of promising authors.[4] One of these new writers were Poul Vad who started his literary career in the magazine in 1956.[6] The contributors of the magazine were called the Heretica School members, who hadconservativeexistentialist views.[1] They included Jørgen Gustava Brandt,Benny Andersen,Per Højholt,[2] Paul la Cour and Erik Knudsen.[4]
The magazine was edited by the following Danish writers and poets: Thorkild Bjørnvig (volumes 1-2),[7]Martin A. Hansen and Ole Wivel (volumes 3-4), andFrank Jæger andTage Skou-Hansen (volumes 5-6).[5]
