Will Evans
American publisher
Will Evans (born 1983–1984) is an American publisher and translator. He is the founder of Deep Vellum Publishing, one of the largest publishing houses for translated fiction in the United States.2
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About
Evans was also instrumental in Dallas' creation of a poet laureate position.
In 2022, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. In 2023, he was made a Fellow of the Dallas Institute of Humanities & Culture. In 2024, in acknowledgment of his work in bringing French literature to English-reading audiences, he was made a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.
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Companies
- Deep VellumFounder5
Early life and education
Evans grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. He attended Emory University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Russian Language and Culture in 2005. He received a Master of Arts in Russian Culture from Duke University in 2012.
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Career
Occupation: publisher.4
- Date not recordedFounded Deep Vellum3
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataWill Evans on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWill Evans on Wikipedia
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- 5WikidataDeep Vellum, Founder