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Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern studies, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. In addition to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. She lives in Philadelphia.

Emily Wilson

Emily Wilson is a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She has been named a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome in Renaissance and early modern studies, a MacArthur Fellow, and a Guggenheim Fellow. In addition to Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, she has also published translations of Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca. She lives in Philadelphia.

Awards

Shortlisted — American Literary Translators Association National Translation Award, 2018

Commended — New York Times Notable Selection, 2018

Shortlisted — Runciman Award, 2024

Books by Emily Wilson

  • The Odyssey

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    Hardback, 2017

    A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
  • The Odyssey

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    Paperback, 2018

    A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
  • The Odyssey: A Norton Critical Edition

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    First Edition, Paperback, 2020

    “A revelation. Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer’s world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.” —Susan Chira, The New York Times...
  • The Odyssey

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    Paperback, 2020

    A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
  • Metamorphoses

    Ovid, Charles Martin, Emily Wilson

    Paperback, 2021

    About Charles Martin’s translation.
  • Oedipus Tyrannos: A Norton Critical Edition

    Sophocles, Emily Wilson, Emily Wilson

    First Edition, Paperback, 2021

  • The Odyssey

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    E Book, 2017

    A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life.
  • The Odyssey

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    E Book, 2021

    About Emily Wilson’s translation
  • Metamorphoses

    Ovid, Charles Martin, Emily Wilson

    E Book, 2021

    About Charles Martin’s translation
  • The Odyssey: A Norton Critical Edition

    Homer, Emily Wilson

    First Edition, E Book, 2021

    “A revelation. Never have I been so aware at once of the beauty of the poetry, the physicality of Homer’s world, and the moral ambiguity of those who inhabit it.” —Susan Chira, The New York Times...