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

  1. ↑ "College Fellows and Staff - Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University". www.sid.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 "edward-wilson-lee - BIO". edward-wilson-lee. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Macmillan". US Macmillan.
  4. ↑ Dadson, Trevor J. (4 July 2018). "The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books. Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library". Hispanic Research Journal. 19 (4): 430–432. doi:10.1080/14682737.2018.1492676.
  5. ↑ Schama, Simon (8 June 2018). "The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee — Spanish acquisition". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library, by Edward Wilson-Lee". Times Higher Education (THE). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Kerr, Michael. "Why Shakespeare is the perfect companion for exploring Africa". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Edward Wilson-Lee, Shakespeare in Swahililand, book review". The Independent. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  9. ↑ efrench (3 October 2017). "Shakespeare in Swahililand". Folger Shakespeare Library. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Adventures with the Ever-living Poet (description) Stanford University Libraries
  11. ↑ Mair, George. "Akala's race polemic nominated for James Tait Black literary prize". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Edward Wilson-Lee wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2019". English PEN. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  13. ↑ "Edward Wilson-Lee". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2022.


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