Heretica

Heretica was established in 1948.^[2] One of the founders was Thorkild Bjørnvig.^[3] It was largely inspired by the British periodical The 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 of Christianity, humanism and communism.^[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 had conservative existentialist 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), and Frank Jæger and Tage Skou-Hansen (volumes 5-6).^[5]