Phoneme Media

Phoneme Media is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit publishing house sponsored by PEN Center USA.^[1] Phoneme was founded in 2013 by translators Brian Hewes and David Shook.^[1] The aim of the company was to increase the availability of books and videos from countries and languages underrepresented in English translation.^[1] In 2019, Phoneme was acquired by Deep Vellum Publishing.^[2]

Phoneme Media

Parent company	Deep Vellum
Founded	2013
Founders	Brian Hewes and David Shook
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Los Angeles
Publication types	Books
Fiction genres	Works in translation
Official website	www.phonememedia.org

Notable authors

• David Avidan
• Mario Bellatin^[3]
• Mohsen Emadi
• Natalia Toledo^[4]
• Roberto Castillo Udiarte^[1]
• Rocío Cerón^[3]

Source languages

• Icelandic^[1]
• Lingala^[1]
• Spanish^[1]
• Tsotsil^[4]
• Yucatec Maya^[4]
• Zapotec^[4]
• Zoque^[4]
• Hebrew^{[citation needed]}