The Noble Savage (magazine)

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, Ralph Ellison, and Josephine Herbst.^[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]