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The Noble Savage (magazine)

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The Noble Savage
Editor
CategoriesLiterary magazine
PublisherMeridian Books
Founder
  • Saul Bellow
  • Jack Ludwig
Founded1960
First issueSpring 1960
Final issue1962
CountryUnited States
Based inCleveland, Ohio
LanguageEnglish
OCLC1607395

The Noble Savage was an American literary magazine which existed between 1960 and 1962. The magazine was founded by Saul Bellow and Jack Ludwig.[1] They also edited the magazine[2] of which the publisher was Meridian Books based in Cleveland, Ohio.[3][4] Later Keith Botsford joined the magazine as the editor.[5]

The first issue which was published in Spring 1960[3] contained works by Harold Rosenberg, John Berryman and Ralph Ellison.[1] Later issues included the work by Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover and Arthur Miller.[2][6] The fourth issue presented work from different countries, including G. V. Desani, Dan Jacobson, Elemire Zolla, Louis Guilloux and Antoni Slonimski.[3] Edward Hoagland and Lucia Berlin also published their early works in the magazine.[7][8] The fifth and last issue of the Noble Savage was published in 1962.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Travis Kurowski (2008). "Some Notes on the History of the Literary Magazine". Mississippi Review. 36 (3): 231–243. JSTOR 20132855.
  2. ^ a b "Another Magazine by Bellow". The New York Times. 7 May 1997. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d Jim Burns. "The Noble Savage". Penniless Press. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ "The Noble Savage 5". The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ Frances Stonor Saunders (2001). The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters. New York: The New Press. p. 227. doi:10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim140150101. ISBN 978-1565846647.
  6. ^ Bill Morris (17 June 2019). "Keith Botsford, man of letters and Saul Bellow associate, dies". Antelope Valley Press. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  7. ^ "The Devil's Tub". Arcade Publishing. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  8. ^ Peggy Pfeiffer; Richard Peabody. "A Strong Sense of Place". Gargoyle Magazine. No. 37. Retrieved 27 March 2020.