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| Parent company | University of Texas at Austin |
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| Founded | 1950 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Austin, Texas |
| Distribution | Chicago Distribution Center (US) University of British Columbia (Canada) Combined Academic Publishers (Europe, Asia, the Pacific)[1] |
| Publication types | Books,academic journals |
| Official website | utpress |
TheUniversity of Texas Press (orUT Press) is theuniversity press of theUniversity of Texas at Austin. Established in 1950, the Press publishes scholarly and trade books in several areas, includingLatin American studies,Caribbean studies, U.S.Latinx studies, Texana,Native American studies,Black studies,Middle Eastern studies,Jewish studies,gender studies,film &media studies,music,art,architecture,archaeology,classics,anthropology,food studies andnatural history. The Press also publishes journals relating to their major subject areas.[2] The Press produces approximately one hundred new books and thirteen journals each year.[3]
In 2025, the University of Texas Press celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary. During its time in operation, the Press has published more than 4,000 titles.[4] It is a member of theAssociation of University Presses.[5]
The University of Texas Press was formally founded in 1950, though the University of Texas had been using the name as an imprint since 1922 in order to distribute and print faculty books.[6] Frank H. Wardlaw was the Press’s first director, serving in the position from 1950 to 1974.[7] The Press established a scholarly journals division in 1976.[8] In 1986, John H. Kyle started an endowed fellowship program to help the university's graduates start careers inpublishing.[9] Responding to the advent of new digital technologies in the 1990s, the Press released multipleCD-ROMs, includingThrinaxodon: Digital Atlas of the Skull (1993) andWiyuta: Assiniboine Storytelling with Signs (1995).[8]
From its beginning, the Press developed a strong catalogue of books on Latin American studies and published a number of significant works of literature in translation by authors likeJuan Rulfo,Octavio Paz,Jorge Luis Borges, andPablo Neruda. The Press’s first book was a translation ofThe Florida of the Inca, written byGracilaso de la Vega and translated by John and Jeannette Varner.[10] The book remains in print as of 2025.[11]
The University of Texas Press has had two books onTheNew York Times Best Seller list:T.H. White'sThe Book of Merlyn (1977)[12] andHanif Abdurraqib'sGo Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (2019),[13] which was part of the American Music Series and which was on the long list for the 2019National Book Award.[14]
The Press has published winners of thePulitzer Prize,Nobel Prize,MacArthur “Genius” Grants, theJames Beard Award,[15] and more. They have also had books as finalists for theNational Book Award,[16] NBCC (Criticism category),Kirkus Prize, and other awards. Their books have won top honors in their fields of focus, including music, Latin American studies, Latinx studies, Indigenous studies, popular culture, architecture, and archaeology.
University of Texas Press joined TheAssociation of American Publishers trade organization in theHachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit which resulted in the removal of access to over 500,000 books from global readers.[17][18]
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