Granta in the context of T. S. Eliot Prize


Granta in the context of T. S. Eliot Prize

⭐ Core Definition: Granta

Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real." In 2007, The Observer stated: "In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world."

Granta has published twenty-seven laureates of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Literature published by Granta has regularly won such prizes as the Forward Prize, T. S. Eliot Prize, Pushcart Prize and more.

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Granta in the context of Mariana Enríquez

Mariana Enríquez (born 1973) is an Argentine journalist, novelist, and short story writer. She is a part of the group of writers known as "new Argentine narrative". Her short stories fall within the horror and gothic genres and have been published in international magazines such as Granta, Electric Literature, Asymptote, McSweeney's, Virginia Quarterly Review, and The New Yorker.

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Granta in the context of Jason Cowley (journalist)

Jason Cowley (born 19 June 1965) is a journalist, magazine editor and writer. He was editor of the New Statesman from 2008 until 2024. Prior to this, he was editor of Granta (2007–2008), editor of the Observer Sport Monthly magazine (2003–2007), literary editor of the New Statesman (1998–2002), and a staff writer on The Times (1996–1998). In 2024, he joined The Sunday Times as a commentator, features writer and book reviewer.

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Granta in the context of John Simpson (journalist)

John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE (born 9 August 1944) is an English foreign correspondent who is currently the world affairs editor of BBC News. He holds dual British-Irish citizenship. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders. He was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English and was editor of Granta magazine.

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Granta in the context of Gaby Wood

Gaby Wood, Hon. FRSL (born 1971), is an English journalist, author and literary critic who has written for publications including The Observer, The Daily Telegraph, London Review of Books, Granta, and Vogue. She is the literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, appointed in succession to Ion Trewin and having taken over the post at the conclusion of the prize for 2015.

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