Edward Wilson-Lee Explained

Edward Wilson-Lee is an English literature academic at Sidney Sussex College, 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]

Personal life

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

Selected publications

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

Awards and honors

Shakespeare in Swahililand became a finalist of William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for non-fiction in 2018.^[10]

The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial 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]

See also

• Libro de los Epítomes

External links

• HOME PAGE

Notes and References

1. Web site: College Fellows and Staff - Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University. www.sid.cam.ac.uk. 12 April 2019.
2. Web site: edward-wilson-lee - BIO. edward-wilson-lee. 12 April 2019.
3. Web site: Macmillan. US Macmillan.
4. News: Why Shakespeare is the perfect companion for exploring Africa. Michael. Kerr. 18 April 2016. The Telegraph. 12 April 2019.
5. Web site: Edward Wilson-Lee, Shakespeare in Swahililand, book review. 11 March 2016. The Independent. 12 April 2019.
6. Web site: Shakespeare in Swahililand. efrench. 3 October 2017. Folger Shakespeare Library. 12 April 2019.
7. The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books. Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library. Trevor J.. Dadson. 4 July 2018. Hispanic Research Journal. 19. 4. 430–432. 10.1080/14682737.2018.1492676.
8. Web site: Schama . Simon . 2018-06-08 . The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee — Spanish acquisition . subscription . 12 April 2019 . Financial Times.
9. Web site: The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library, by Edward Wilson-Lee. 5 July 2018. Times Higher Education (THE). 12 April 2019.
10. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/11601470 Adventures with the Ever-living Poet (description)
11. News: Mair . George . Akala's race polemic nominated for James Tait Black literary prize . . en . 2022-06-20 . 0140-0460.
12. Web site: Edward Wilson-Lee wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2019 . English PEN . 4 December 2019 . 2 January 2020.
13. Web site: Edward Wilson-Lee . 2022-06-20 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . en-US.