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Emily Wilson

British classicist, professor · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Born 1971 · age 55

Emily Rose Caroline Wilson is a British-American classicist, author and translator. She is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2018 her translation of Homer's Odyssey became the first by a woman into English verse. Her translation of the Iliad was released in 2023.

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Guggenheim Fellowship2020
MacArthur Fellows Program2019
Rome Prize

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Born 1971 · age 55

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