La Codorniz
CategoriesSatirical magazine
FrequencyWeekly
FounderMiguel Mihura
Founded1941
First issue8 June 1941
Final issue17 December 1978
CompanyLa Vanguardia Española
CountrySpain
Based in
LanguageSpanish

La Codorniz (Spanish: The Quail) was a weekly satirical magazine which was published in Madrid, Spain, between 1941 and 1978. From its start to 1951 its subtitle was Revista de Humor (Spanish: Humor Magazine).[1] Then it was changed to La revista más audaz para el lector más inteligente (Spanish: The most audacious magazine for the most intelligent reader).[1] It is often cited as the most known Spanish satirical magazine in the Francoist Spain and transition period.[2]

History and profile

La Codorniz was launched by Miguel Mihura in 1941.[3] Tono was instrumental in the establishment of the magazine which was the successor of another satirical magazine entitled La Ametralladora (Spanish: The Machine Gun).[4] The first issue of La Codorniz appeared on 8 June 1941.[1][5] La Codorniz was published in Madrid on a weekly basis.[1][6] In 1944 Mihura sold La Codorniz.[4]

The magazine was edited by the following: Miguel Mihura (June 1941–June 1944),[7] Álvaro de Laiglesia (1944–1977)[6] and Manuel Summers (1977–1978).[3] During the editorship of Mihura the magazine adopted an avant garde humor approach.[5] Under Álvaro de Laiglesia it focused on social satire and realistic humor.[5] In 1944 the owner of the magazine became La Vanguardia Española led by Carlos Godó Valls.[6] Following this change the headquarters of the magazine moved to Barcelona.[1] Fernando Perdiguero was the long-term managing editor of La Codorniz who served in the post until his death in 1970.[6]

La Codorniz featured work by well-known artists, including Tono, Chumy Chúmez, Forges, Gayo, Julio Cebrián, Kalikrates, Madrigal, Máximo, Mingote and Manuel Summers.[3] The magazine did not have a political agenda, and as a result, its contributors were from different political ideologies.[3] However, the magazine was censored and suspended in 1973 and 1975.[5] Its contributors and other Spanish journalists were subject to death threats in 1976.[8] La Codorniz folded following the publication of the final issue dated 17 December 1978 due to low revenues.[1][5]

La Codorniz inspired many satirical magazine, including El Jueves.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Title: La Codorniz (Madrid)" (in Spanish). Hemeroteca Digital. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. ^ Rhiannon McGlade (2016). Catalan Cartoons: A Cultural and Political History. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-78316-805-7.
  3. ^ a b c d "Intelligent humor under Franco". El País. Madrid. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b Samuel M. Bauer (2010). "From jeering to giggling: Spain's dramatic break from a satirical to an avant-garde humor". Humor. International Journal of Humor Research. 23 (1). doi:10.1515/humr.2010.003. S2CID 144037434.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Maureen Ihrie; Salvador Oropesa, eds. (2011). World Literature in Spanish: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-313-33770-3.
  6. ^ a b c d Frances Salgado de Dios (September 2020). "The market for satirical magazines in late Francoism and the Transition (1970‐84): Dissent and political opposition". International Journal of Iberian Studies. 33 (2–3): 195–196. doi:10.1386/ijis_00028_1. S2CID 234671562.
  7. ^ William Foster Carr (2018). "Overpowered by Laughter"? Spanish Humor under Franco (PhD thesis). University of California, Irvine. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-392-00212-4. ProQuest 2201854641.
  8. ^ James Burns (1977). "The wrinkled new face of Spain". Index on Censorship. 6 (3): 7. doi:10.1080/03064227708532644. S2CID 144407982.

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