Wakefield Press is an American independent publishing house based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The press specializes in publishing avant-garde literature in translation. Wakefield was founded in 2009 by Marc Lowenthal and Judy Feldmann. The aim of the company is to increase the availability in English of obscure and avant garde authors from the past who wrote in foreign languages.

Wakefield has been praised in the literary world for its promotion of provocative and unusual texts, as well as for its introductions to each text with detailed information relevant to the author's life, and background providing context for the nature of the author's work.

Wakefield Press (US)

Notable authors

Marcel Schwob

Unica Zürn

Paul Scheerbart

Charles Fourier

Pierre Louÿs

Honoré de Balzac

Léon Bloy

Salomo Friedlaender

References

Publishing companies established in 2009

Book publishing companies based in Massachusetts

Companies based in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Wakefield Press (US)