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{{Short description|British art and literature magazine}}
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'''''Lilliput''''' was a small-format British monthly magazine of humour, short stories, photographs and the arts, founded in 1937 by the photojournalist [[Stefan Lorant]].<ref name="library">[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9724271_ITM An air raid siren for the Left], ''[[New Criterion]]'', 1 September 2005.</ref> The first issue came out in July and it was sold shortly after to [[Edward George Warris Hulton|Edward Hulton]], when editorship was taken over by [[Tom Hopkinson]] in 1940. During the 1950s ''Lilliput'' was edited by [[Jack Hargreaves]]. ▼
{{Infobox magazine
|image_file = Lilliput1946.jpg
|image_size = 150px
|image_caption = A December 1946 issue of ''Lilliput''
|founder = [[Stefan Lorant]]
|frequency = Monthly
|publisher = Pocket Publications
|founded = 1937
|firstdate = 1937
|finaldate = 1960
|country = United Kingdom
|based = [[London]]
|language = [[English language|English]]
}}
▲'''''Lilliput''''' was a small-format British monthly magazine of humour, short stories, photographs and the arts, founded in 1937 by the photojournalist [[Stefan Lorant]].<ref>Hallett, Michael. ''Stefan Lorant: godfather of photojournalism''. Scarecrow Press, 2006 {{ISBN|0810856824}} (p. 61)</ref><ref name="library">[http://www.
Contributors included [[James Boswell (artist)]], [[Bill Brandt]], [[Brassaï]], [[Patrick Campbell]], [[Aleister Crowley]], [[Robert Doisneau]], [[Ronald Ferns]], [[C. S. Forester]], [[John Glashan]], [[Sydney Jacobson]], [[Robert Graves]], [[Michael Heath (cartoonist)|Michael Heath]], Ergy Landau, [[Nancy Mitford]], [[Stephen Potter]], [[V. S. Pritchett]], [[Ronald Searle]] and [[Ylla]]. From August 1960 it was merged within ''[[Men Only]]'' (which only later became pornographic).▼
▲Contributors included [[H. E. Bates]], [[Gordon Beckles]], Sir [[Max Beerbohm]], [[James Boswell (artist)|James Boswell]], [[Nigel Balchin]] (author), [[Bill Brandt]], [[Brassaï]], [[Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy|Patrick Campbell]], [[Barbara Comyns]], [[C.E.M. Joad]], [[Aleister Crowley]], [[Robert Doisneau]], [[Dominick Elwes]], [[Ronald Ferns]], [[C. S. Forester]], [[John Glashan]], [[Zoltán Glass]], [[Sydney Jacobson]], [[Robert Graves]], [[Michael Heath (cartoonist)|Michael Heath]], [[Constant Lambert]], [[Ergy Landau]], [[Nancy Mitford]], [[Stephen Potter]], [[V. S. Pritchett]], [[E. Arnot Robertson]], [[Murray Sayle]], [[Ronald Searle]], Sir [[Sacheverell Sitwell]], and [[Ylla]].
The first 147 issues (until late 1949) had covers illustrated by [[Walter Trier]].<ref name="library"/> with each design depicting a man, a woman, and a small terrier dog in various situations and periods. ▼
▲The first 147 issues (until late 1949) had covers illustrated by [[Walter Trier]]
(''Lilliput Review'', an American periodical that started in 1989, is unrelated.)▼
A History and Bibliography of Lilliput was published in May 2024. The compiler was Chris Harte and it was released by Sports History Publishing.
==Reading==
*Bennett, Richard, ed. ''The Bedside Lilliput.'' London: Hulton, 1950. Content from 1937–49.
*''Lilliput: Walter Trier's World.'' Tokyo: Pie, 2004. {{ISBN
*''The Lilliput Annual
*Webb, Kaye, ed. ''Lilliput Goes to War.'' London: Hutchinson, 1985.
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