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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

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

Oedipus Tyrannos
Sophocles, Emily Wilson
First Edition, Paperback, 2022
Oedipus Tyrannos
Sophocles, Emily Wilson
First Edition, E Book, 2022
Oedipus Tyrannos
Sophocles, Emily Wilson
First Edition, E Book, 2022
The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson
Hardback, 2023
The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time
The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson
E Book
The greatest literary landmark of classical antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time
The Iliad
Homer, Emily Wilson
Paperback, 2024
The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time
The Iliad (The Norton Library)
Homer, Emily Wilson
First Edition, Paperback, 2025
The Aeneid
Virgil, Scott McGill, Susannah Wright, Emily Wilson
Hardback, 2025
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately verse in a vivid, contemporary idiom
The Aeneid
Virgil, Scott McGill, Susannah Wright, Emily Wilson
E Book
Rome’s epic origin story, brilliantly rendered in a vivid, rhythmic idiom.
The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson
International Student Edition, E Book
About Emily Wilson’s translation