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Biography
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.
Early life
Wilson-Lee is the son of wildlife conservationists, and was born in the same Midwest farming town as his father. He studied English at University College London, and completed a doctorate at Oxford and Cambridge.
Selected publications
- The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library.William Collins, 2018.
- Shakespeare in Swahililand. William Collins, 2016.
- 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.
The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Young Columbus and the Quest for a Universal Library was awarded the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2019.
Personal life
He is married, with two sons, and lives in the Cambridge area.