Edward Wilson-Lee

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
  • 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 awarded the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2019.[11]

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. "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. "Subscribe to read". 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. "Edward Wilson-Lee wins PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2019". English PEN. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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