Ljubljana arts centre Cankarjev dom hosted on Thursday a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the literary journal "Sodobnost", one of the three oldest cultural publications in Europe.
Sodobnost is proof of the continuity of Slovenian culture, the journal's chief editor Evald Flisar told Wednesday's edition of the daily Delo. Systems, governments and ideologies fall to piecess through centuries, but culture remains, he added.
The monthly reports on cultural events in Slovenia and abroad, presents up-and-coming authors, highlights less known viewpoints of philosophical and alternative ideas, and reports on novelties on the book market.
Sodobnost has in the past ten years featured numerous Slovenian and foreign poets, writers, playwrights and critics, according to the journal's website.
The journal, which has been renamed several times in the past, but now bears the original name, has published the results of numerous fascinating surveys and interviews with authors since the 1970s.
The most important mark was left by its chief editors, including Josip Vidmar, (1895-1992), one of the most acclaimed Slovenian literary critics of the 20th century.
In its beginnings, Sodobnost was seen as a Marxist publication, a forum of left-leaning intellectuals and authors who examined tensions in society. As Flisar told Delo, this is no longer true and added that it is best that Sodobnost stays politically neutral in the future.
The magazine will however continue to focus on the imagination of domestic and foreign authors. "Especially those who take us with them on the path of searching for truth and who can teach us a thing or two," Flisar told STA.
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