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]
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]
He is married, with two sons, and lives in the Cambridge area. [2]
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]
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]
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]
He is married, with two sons, and lives in the Cambridge area. [2]
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]