Английская Википедия:Edward Wilson-Lee

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Edward Wilson-Lee is an English literature academic at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, and a specialist in the literature and the history of the book in the early modern period.[1]

Early life

Wilson-Lee is the son of wildlife conservationists, and was born in the same Midwest farming town as his father.[2] He studied English at University College London, and completed a doctorate at Oxford and Cambridge.[3]

Selected publications

  • A History of Water : Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History, William Collins, 2022.
  • The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library. William Collins, 2018.[4][5][6]
  • Shakespeare in Swahililand. William Collins, 2016.[7][8][9]
  • Translation and the Book Trade in Early Modern Europe. Cambridge University Press, 2014. (Edited with José María Pérez Fernández)

Awards and honors

Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-living Poet became a finalist of William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for non-fiction in 2018.[10]

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize in Biography and awarded the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2019.[11][12]

Wilson-Lee was named a Guggenheim Fellow in the category of General Nonfiction in 2022.[13]

Personal life

He is married, with two sons, and lives in the Cambridge area.[2]

See also

References

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External links

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