Emily Wilson
British-American classicist; translator of the Odyssey (2017) and the Iliad (2023).
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- Emily Wilson is a British and American classicist and translator, born in Oxford in 1971.
- She has taught classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania from 2002.
- Her verse Odyssey (2017) is the first English translation by a woman.
- Her Iliad followed in 2023, and she received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2019.
Key facts
- Born
- 1971, Oxford1
- Education
- BA Greats, Balliol College, Oxford (1994); MPhil, Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1996); PhD, Yale (2001)1
- Position
- Professor of classical studies, University of Pennsylvania (taught there from 2002)1
- Translations
- Seneca's tragedies (2010); Homer's Odyssey (2017); Homer's Iliad (2023)1
- Books
- Mocked with Death (2004); The Death of Socrates (2007); The Greatest Empire (2014); Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea (2026)1
- Awards
- MacArthur Fellowship (2019); Guggenheim Fellowship (2020)1
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