118. HYPERION - GERMAN ART AND LITERATURE - THE MAGAZINE WHERE FRANZ KAFKA MADE HIS DEBUTE IN 1908.

Blei, Franz & Sternheim, Carl. Hyperion. Eine Zweimonatsschrift, publisher. Hyperion. Eine Zweimonatsschrift 1908: 1: 1-3. + and 1909/10: II: 1-3. Published by Hans von Weber, Munich, 1908-1910. 12 booklets in 6 volumes. Everything that came out. The exclusive magazine Hyperion for art and literature that lived for only 2, 5 seasons but made a deep impression, not least because it was in it that Franz Kafka (1883-1924) made his debut as a writer. During this time he published his first eight prose works in Hyperion: Die Bäume, Kleider, Die Abweisung, Der Kaufmann, Zerstreutes Hinausschan, Der Nachhauseweg, Die Vorüberlaufenden and Der Fahrgast. Other authors who participated were Franz Blei, Rudolf Borchardt, Max Brod, Hans Carossa, Paul Claudel, André Gide, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Heinrich Mann, Robert Musil and Rainer Maria Rilke. Among the artists are Aubrey Beardsley, Erich Heckel, Aristide Maillol, Auguste Rodin, Paul Signac and Henri Toulouse - Lautrec. Six large 4: o volumes in contemporary half-French bands with gilded back text and subtitled fronts. Edition 1000 copies on English velin paper, in addition only 50 copies. Collated complete.