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[[File:Portada revista Virolet.jpg|thumb|Front cover from the magazine "Virolet"]]
'''''Virolet''''' was a children's weekly magazine that was first published in January 1922 as a supplement of the magazine ''[[En Patufet]]''. The main writer and the administrator of the magazine was [[Cardenal Casañas]]. It was edited by the same editing company as ''En Patufet'', the book shop [[Josep Bagunyà]]. Regarding the format of the magazine, the number had 8 pages with a measurement of 300x210 mm. it was printed in the house E. I J. Solà based  in Valencia Street  200 in [[Barcelona]]. Nonetheless, from the year 1924, it started being printed in a printing house from [[Josep Bagunyà]] in the Muntaner Street. The subscription cost 5,50 pesetas and one number cost 0,10 pesetas.<ref>Givanel, Joan. Bibliografia catalana: premsa. Barcelona: Institució Patxot, 1931-1937(1070)</ref>
“Virolet” disappeared on 3 January 1931, 9 years later from its beginnings, with a total of 469 numbers published. Its disappearance coincided with the birth of another children's magazine from the same company as ''En Patufet'' called [[Esquitx]].<ref name=tortas>Torrent, Joan; Tasis, Rafael. (1966). ''Història de la premsa catalana''. Barcelona: Bruguera, (volume  I- p. 588)</ref>
==Themes and collaborators==
The magazine was dedicated to young children. In it, there were a lot of texts with drawings, short stories and jokes. Moreover, there were adaptations of the most famous stories from ''[[World Literature]]'' very well illustrated.<ref name=tortas/>
Among the collaborators we find [[Josep Carner]], [[Apel•les Mestres]], [[Joaquim Ruyra]], [[Martínez i Ferrando]], [[Carles Soldevila]], [[Clovis Eimeric]] and [[Josep Maria Folch i Torres]], among others. Furthermore, there were illustrators like [[Junceda i Cornet]], [[Lola Anglada]], [[Josep Serra i Massana]], etc.<ref>[http://www.enciclopedia.cat/enciclop%C3%A8dies/gran-enciclop%C3%A8dia-catalana/EC-GEC-0071296.xml#.UwxT6eN5P7A Virolet] ''Gran enciclopèdia catalana''. Retrieved 3 February 2017.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bnc.cat/digital/arca/index.php?fname=titols/virolet.html Digitalization available in the ARCA Portal (archive of antique Catalan magazines)]
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