Archipelago Books
{{Short description|American not-for-profit publisher of translated literature}}
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| founder = Jill Schoolman
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| country = United States
| headquarters = Brooklyn, New York
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| topics = Essays
| genre = Literature in translation
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Archipelago Books is an American not-for-profit publisher dedicated to promoting "cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation."Company slogan; see [http://www.archipelagobooks.org Archipelago Books]. Located in Brooklyn, New York, it publishes small to mid-size runs of international fiction, poetry, and literary essays. The press was founded in 2003 by Jill Schoolman.{{cite web |author=Alex Estes |date=April 4, 2014 |title=Archipelago Books: 10 Years, 100 Titles, 26 Languages |url=http://publishingperspectives.com/2014/04/archipelago-books-10-years-100-titles-26-languages/ |accessdate=April 5, 2014 |work=Publishing Perspectives}} On marking its 10th anniversary, Archipelago had published one hundred books, translated from more than twenty-six languages into English. As of the 15th anniversary in 2018, the company was publishing 15 to 16 books per year with a full-time staff of three.{{cite web |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20181224/78904-the-final-volume-of-a-successful-struggle-marks-15-years-for-archipelago.html |title=The Final Volume of a Successful 'Struggle' Marks 15 Years for Archipelago |work=Publishers Weekly |author=John Maher |date=December 21, 2018 |accessdate=December 24, 2018}}
Archipelago was the 2008 winner of the Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing, given by the Association of American Publishers.[http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6544490.html?industryid=47144 "Archipelago Wins Miriam Bass; AAP Indie Meeting Set"], Publishers Weekly, 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2009-10-28
Archipelago's best-known authors include Elias Khoury, Julio Cortázar, Mahmoud Darwish, Scholastique Mukasonga, Nobel Prize-laureate Halldór Laxness, Breyten Breytenbach, Karl Ove Knausgård, Mircea Cărtărescu, Louis Couperus, Heinrich Heine, Novalis, Hugo Claus, Rainer Maria Rilke, Heinrich von Kleist, and Jacques Poulin.