Emily Wilson Bio, Wiki, Age, Husband, Odyssey, Translation, Books, and Net Worth
Sarah Richards Emily Wilson Bio | Wiki
Emily Wilson is a British classicist and author. She serves as the Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2017, Emily became the first woman to publish a translation of Homer’s Odyssey into English.
She has authored five books. She is a book reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books, and The New Republic. Emily is also the classics editor for The Norton Anthology of World Literature and The Norton Anthology of Western Literature. In January 2020, she joined the Booker Prize judging panel, alongside Margaret Busby (chair), Lee Child, Sameer Rahim, and Lemn Sissay.
Emily Wilson Age
Emily was born in 1971, in Oxford, United Kingdom. She is 51 years old.
Emily Wilson Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Emily Wilson Family
She was born and raised in Oxford, the United Kingdom by her parents A. N. Wilson and Katherine Duncan-Jones. Emily comes from a long line of academics including both her parents, her uncle, and her maternal grandparents, including Elsie Duncan-Jones. Emily’s sister is the food writer Bee. Her parents divorced shortly before she went to college.
Emily Wilson Husband
Emily is a woman who enjoys her life and career, but, she keeps her marital status private. It is not known to the public whether she is married, divorced, or single. She has three children.
Emily Wilson Education
She graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1994 with a B.A. in literae humaniores, classical literature, and philosophy. Emily undertook her master’s degree in English literature 1500–1660 at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1996), and her Ph.D. (2001) in classical and comparative literature at Yale University. Her thesis was entitled Why Do I Overlive?: Greek, Latin, and English Tragic Survival.
Emily Wilson Odyssey
In 2017, Emily became the first woman to publish a translation of Homer’s Odyssey into English. Following a lengthy introduction, she provides a translation of Homer’s work in iambic pentameter. Emily’s Odyssey was named by The New York Times as one of its 100 notable books of 2018 and it was shortlisted for the 2018 National Translation Award.
In 2019, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for her work bringing classical literature to new audiences. She has commented that being a woman did not predetermine her critical work as a translator; she foregrounded poetics and did not think about her gender identity.
Emily Wilson Books | Translation
She has written and translated many books including:
-Mocked With Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton
-The Death of Socrates: Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint
-Seneca: Six Tragedies
-The Greatest Empire: A Life of Seneca
-Euripides: The Greek Plays
-The Odyssey (Homer)
-The Iliad (Homer)
Emily Wilson Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore she has amassed a fortune over the years. Emily’s estimated net worth is $970,650.
Who Is Emily Wilson
Emily is a British classicist and author. She serves as the Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2017, Emily became the first woman to publish a translation of Homer’s Odyssey into English. She has authored five books. In addition, Emily is a book reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books, and The New Republic.
