| Founded: | 2003 |
| Founder: | Jill Schoolman |
| Country: | United States |
| Headquarters: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Distribution: | Hanover Publisher Services[1] |
| Topics: | Essays |
| Genre: | Literature in translation |
| Imprints: | Elsewhere Editions |
Archipelago Books is an American not-for-profit publisher dedicated to promoting "cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation."[2] 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.[3] On marking its 10th anniversary, Archipelago had published one hundred books, translated from more than twenty-six languages into English.[3] As of the 15th anniversary in 2018, the company was publishing 15 to 16 books per year with a full-time staff of three.[4]
Archipelago was the 2008 winner of the Miriam Bass Award for Creativity in Independent Publishing, given by the Association of American Publishers.[5]
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.