Arthur Machen
Around 1890 Machen began to publish in literary magazines, writing stories influenced by the works of Robert Louis Stevenson, some of which used gothic or fantastic themes. This led to his first major success, "The Great God Pan". It was published in 1894 by John Lane in the noted Keynotes Series, which was part of the growing aesthetic movement of the time. Machen's story was widely denounced for its sexual and horrific content and consequently sold well, going into a second edition.
Michiel van Kempen
Michiel van Kempen was or is editor of several magazines, including "Uit de Kunst", "Tegenspraak" and "Oso" (magazine for Surinamese studies). He made special issues for the literary magazines "Deus ex Machina" (1987), "Preludium" (1988), "De Gids" (1990) en "Armada" (1999). In 1986, he founded the weekly Literary Pages of "De Ware Tijd", the largest newspaper of Suriname. Articles by his hand appeared in many literary magazines. His newspaper reviews were collected in "De geest van Waraku" (1993; The spirit of Waraku). Van Kempen was co-editor of two collections of scientific essays: "Tussenfiguren" (1988, Writers in between) en "Wandelaar onder de palmen" (2004, Walker under the palm trees).