Deep Vellum is a non-profit publishing house that specializes in translated literature based in

Dallas,Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County wit ...

. Deep Vellum is the largest publisher of literature in translation. Its authors include

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who received the 2023

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. The publisher has helped grow the literary community in Dallas. In 2024 the founder was bestowed the title of

Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

by the French Ministry of Culture for his work in bringing French literature to English-reading audiences through Deep Vellum.

History

In 2019 the company acquired two independent publishing houses,

Phoneme Media Phoneme Media is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit publishing house sponsored by PEN Center USA. Phoneme was founded in 2013 by translators Brian Hewes and David Shook. The aim of the company was to increase the availability of books and videos from ...

of Los Angeles and A Strange Object of

Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...

. In 2020, the company acquired the Dalkey Archive Press based in

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. The press was relaunched in April 2022.

References

2013 establishments in Texas Book publishing companies based in Texas {{business-stub