Obituary: Pierre Andre-May

The Independent - London | June 8, 1999| | Copyright

THE IMPORTANT role of the "little" magazine in 20th-century literature is exemplified by the French journal Intentions, whose founder, editor and owner was Pierre Andre-May.

Intentions only existed for three years, between 1922 and 1924, but in 30 issues published an extraordinary range of talent and encouraged a whole generation of younger writers. This was all the more remarkable as Andre-May was in his early twenties, had never been involved in publishing and created and sustained Intentions entirely by himself, soliciting, selecting, editing and printing everything that appeared in its ...

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