El Malpensante
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El Malpensante is a Colombian
literary magazine founded in October 1996 by Andrés Hoyos Restrepo and Mario Jursich Durán, two minor writers.
The magazine's name was taken from a book of aphorisms written by Gesualdo Bufalino
and translated by Jursich for Editorial Norma. The magazine and its members have been parodied by a blog called La bobada literaria.
The magazine is known as The New Yorker
of Teusaquillo
, by the tone and imitation that it does of the other magazine and because of the name of the neighborhood where the magazine is headquartered: Teusaquillo
. The magazine combines local content with translated texts from English written magazines such as The New Yorker
and Paris Review
, etc.
The publisher of the magazine also conducts El Malpensante Festival, a series of annual events including a number of cultural activities in Bogotá
. El Malpensante recently assumed command of the traditional bookstore Biblos, in Bogotá. In 2011, it was announced that there will not be an El Malpensante Festival, for economical reasons. It is an inclusive and unbiased magazine because its editor is the Afro-Colombian writer Ángel Unfried and it publishes text with different political and aesthetic views.
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
literary magazine founded in October 1996 by Andrés Hoyos Restrepo and Mario Jursich Durán, two minor writers.
The magazine's name was taken from a book of aphorisms written by Gesualdo Bufalino
Gesualdo Bufalino
Gesualdo Bufalino , was an Italian writer.Gesualdo Bufalino was born in Comiso, Sicily. He studied literature and was, for most of his life a high-school professor in his hometown...
and translated by Jursich for Editorial Norma. The magazine and its members have been parodied by a blog called La bobada literaria.
The magazine is known as The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
of Teusaquillo
Teusaquillo
Teusaquillo is the 13th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the geographic center of the city, to the northwest of downtown. It is an urbanized locality with several green zones in its parks, avenues, and the campus of the National University of Colombia...
, by the tone and imitation that it does of the other magazine and because of the name of the neighborhood where the magazine is headquartered: Teusaquillo
Teusaquillo
Teusaquillo is the 13th locality of Bogotá, capital of Colombia. It is located in the geographic center of the city, to the northwest of downtown. It is an urbanized locality with several green zones in its parks, avenues, and the campus of the National University of Colombia...
. The magazine combines local content with translated texts from English written magazines such as The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
and Paris Review
Paris Review
The Paris Review is a literary quarterly founded in 1953 by Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton. Plimpton edited the Review from its founding until his death in 2003. In its first five years, The Paris Review published works by Jack Kerouac, Philip Larkin, V. S...
, etc.
The publisher of the magazine also conducts El Malpensante Festival, a series of annual events including a number of cultural activities in Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
. El Malpensante recently assumed command of the traditional bookstore Biblos, in Bogotá. In 2011, it was announced that there will not be an El Malpensante Festival, for economical reasons. It is an inclusive and unbiased magazine because its editor is the Afro-Colombian writer Ángel Unfried and it publishes text with different political and aesthetic views.
External links
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- On El Malpensante for n+1
- El Malpensante's online version