Sur (magazine)

For other uses, see SUR (disambiguation).

Sur was a literary magazine published in Buenos Aires between 1931 and 1992.

Sur

Cover of Sur, 1952
Categories	Literary
Format	Magazine
First issue	1931
Final issue	1992
Country	Argentina
Based in	Buenos Aires
Language	Spanish

Literary critic Victoria Ocampo and a copy of her journal, SUR.

History and profile

Sur was first published in 1931,^[1][2] with the assistance of a multidisciplinary team of collaborators. Its founder and main backer was Victoria Ocampo,^[2] and it was supported intellectually by the Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset. Many of the earliest editions of Sur carry the colophon of Ortega's Revista de Occidente. Notable contributors and sometime editors included Jorge Luis Borges, H.A. Murena, José Bianco, Raimundo Lida, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Borges' Spanish brother-in-law Guillermo de Torre.^[3] The last issue was published in 1992.^[1][4]