Boa Vista (literary magazine) explained

Boa Vista [{{IPA|boɐ ѵɪʃʈɐ}}] (Portuguese for beautiful view ) was a German literary magazine, founded in Hamburg in 1974^[1] and published until 1983.^[2]

The magazine came out at irregular intervals and produced ten issues.^[3]

Approach and authors

With recourse to Dada, surrealism and the narrative forms of Beat – and Cut-up literature, Boa Vista entirely focused on experimental poetry and prose. Its regular or temporary employees included the following writers and artists :

Helmut Heissenbüttel Natias Neutert Peter Rühmkorf Helmut Salzinger^[4] Klaus Thiele–Dohrmann

Notes and References

1. See Prefaces in Boa Vista, Journal of New Literature. Publisher Udo Breger, Göttingen; October 1974, p. 5 (without pagination)
2. Cf. SCENE No 12, December 1977, p 17
3. Cf. DIE ZEIT No 41, 30 September 1977 and also DIE ZEIT No 43, October 1977
4. Author of "Swinging Benjamin", Frankfurt am Main 1973