The Avant-Garde Magazine “Day” [Dan]: the Editorship of Ksenija Atanasijević and the Case of Anđelija Lazarević
Abstract
This paper presents the magazine Dan [Day] (1919–1920), founded in Belgrade immediately after the First World War. Previous research has recognized the magazine as the first avant-garde periodical in Serbian literature. The paper shows how its importance is even more obvious when it is placed on the diachronic scale of the magazines it is surrounded by, such as Književni jug, Misao and avant-garde periodicals of the ‘20s and ‘30s. The additional importance of the magazine is recognized in its openness towards female authorship. The first part of the study focuses on the avant-garde nature of the magazine from the perspective of the history of periodicals. In the second part, the focus is on its femininity. In this context, two significant points are recognized which are the subject of analysis: 1) the editorial work of Ksenija Atanasijević and 2) the contributions of Anđelija Lazarević.
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