Granta

This entry is on the publisher. A stretch of the River Cam is also known as Granta.

History

Granta was founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University as "The Granta". It was started as a periodical featuring student politics, badinage and literary efforts and was named after the river that runs through the town. An early editor of the magazine was RP Keigwin, the England Cricketer and Danish Scholar.

Related Topics:
Cambridge University - RP Keigwin

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In this form the magazine had both a long and distinguished history. The magazine has published student and early work of various writers who later became well known, including:

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• A. A. Milne
• Michael Frayn
• Stevie Smith
• Ted Hughes
• Sylvia Plath