Gangrel (magazine)
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Gangrel was a short-lived literary magazine published in the United Kingdom. It was edited by J. B. Pick and Charles Neill.
Running to a total of four issues, it included articles by Alfred Perles
, Henry Miller
, Robert Simpson
, Neil M. Gunn
, Rayner Heppenstall
and George Orwell
, as well as poems by Lawrence Durrell
, R. S. Thomas
, James Kirkup
and Kenneth Patchen
.
Orwell's famous essay "Why I Write
" appeared in the last issue (Summer 1946).
Running to a total of four issues, it included articles by Alfred Perles
Alfred Perles
Alfred Perlès was an Austrian writer , who was most famous for his associations with Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell, and Anaïs Nin....
, Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
, Robert Simpson
Robert Simpson
Robert Simpson or Bob Simpson may refer to:American:*Bob R. Simpson, American Business Executive, Major League Baseball Owner*Robert Simpson , American meteorologist and co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale...
, Neil M. Gunn
Neil M. Gunn
Neil Miller Gunn was a prolific novelist, critic, and dramatist who emerged as one of the leading lights of the Scottish Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s...
, Rayner Heppenstall
Rayner Heppenstall
John Rayner Heppenstall was a British novelist, poet, diarist, and a BBC radio producer.-Early life:...
and George Orwell
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
, as well as poems by Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan...
, R. S. Thomas
R. S. Thomas
Ronald Stuart Thomas was a Welsh poet and Anglican clergyman, noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales...
, James Kirkup
James Kirkup
James Falconer Kirkup, FRSL was a prolific English poet, translator and travel writer. He was brought up in South Shields, and educated at South Shields Secondary School and Durham University. He wrote over 30 books, including autobiographies, novels and plays...
and Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Patchen was an American poet and novelist. Though he denied any direct connection, Patchen's work and ideas regarding the role of artists paralleled those of the Dadaists, the Beats, and Surrealists...
.
Orwell's famous essay "Why I Write
Why I Write
"Why I Write" is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. First published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel, it not only offers a type of mini-biography in which he writes of having first completed poems and trying his hand at short-stories before finally...
" appeared in the last issue (Summer 1946).