Granta

American  

[gran-tuh] / ˈgræn tə /

noun

1. Cam.

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Granta British  

/ ˈɡræntə, ˈɡrɑːntə /

noun

1. the original name, still in use locally, for the River Cam

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Example Sentences

Picked by Granta in 1983 as one of Britain's top 20 young novelists, he stares out of the famous publicity photo alongside Martin Amis, Pat Barker, Rose Tremain, Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan, among others.

From BBC

Granta's once-in-a-decade list is a barometer of Britain's changing literary landscape, and that 1983 photo is a roll-call of some of the greats.

From BBC

“He had a very vigorous public life, which often obscures the fact that he is first and foremost a restless stylist,” John Freeman, editor of the literary magazine Granta, told The Times after Vargas Llosa’s Nobel win.

From Los Angeles Times

So is Oyeyemi, who was one of Granta’s “Best Young British Novelists” in 2013, while Orange, at 42, has won the PEN/Hemingway Award, the John Leonard Prize and the American Book Award.

From New York Times

He wrote “Dear Mr. President,” an acclaimed collection of short stories related to the first Gulf War published in 2002, and was part of Granta’s 2007 list of the 20 best young American novelists.

From Los Angeles Times