| Category: | Literary magazine |
| Publisher: | Meridian Books |
| Founded: | 1960 |
| Firstdate: | Spring 1960 |
| Finaldate: | 1962 |
| Country: | United States |
| Based: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Language: | English |
| Oclc: | 1607395 |
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 of which the publisher was Meridian Books based in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] Later Keith Botsford joined the magazine as the editor.[3]
The first issue which was published in Spring 1960[4] contained works by Harold Rosenberg, John Berryman and Ralph Ellison.[1] Later issues included the work by Thomas Pynchon, Robert Coover and Arthur Miller.[5] [6] The fourth issue presented work from different countries, including G. V. Desani, Dan Jacobson, Elemire Zolla, Louis Guilloux and Antoni Slonimski.[4] 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.[4]