Granta
[gran-tuh]
- Cam.
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Contemporary Examples
Kamila Shamsie, the Karachi born-and-raised author of five novels, was included in Granta's 2013 list of 20 best young writers.
Drury has been a Guggenheim Fellow and was included in Granta's Best of Young American Novelists.
The National Book Awards Longlist for FictionSeptember 19, 2013
These are the top 20 novelists under 40 in Great Britain according to Granta magazine.
Granta 122 By John Freeman (editor) A collection of fiction from proven masters and exciting newcomers.
And now, thanks to the British literary journal Granta, a select few of them are getting their day in the global sun.
Historical Examples
This is well exemplified in the histories of the Granta and the Isis.
CambridgeMildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
The Granta and Ouse have a history in every sense the opposite of this.
CambridgeMildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
I am inclined to bring in here the Granta, and to suggest that it may have been a Sax.
The River-Names of EuropeRobert Ferguson
There is a sucking epic poet at Granta, a Mr. Townsend, protégé of the late Cumberland.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IIThomas Moore
Then, as now, he made early acquaintance with the river Granta and knew each yard of the flat roads round the university town.
CambridgeMildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
Granta
- the original name, still in use locally, for the River Cam
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