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 the Association of University Presses.[5]
History
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 in publishing.[9] Responding to the advent of new digital technologies in the 1990s, the Press released multiple CD-ROMs, including Thrinaxodon: Digital Atlas of the Skull (1993) and Wiyuta: 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 like Juan Rulfo, Octavio Paz, Jorge Luis Borges, and Pablo Neruda. The Press’s first book was a translation of The Florida of the Inca, written by Gracilaso de la Vega and translated by John and Jeannette Varner.[10] The book remains in print as of 2025.[11]
The Press has published winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Nobel Prize, MacArthur “Genius” Grants, the James Beard Award,[15] and more. They have also had books as finalists for the National 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.
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