Emily Wilson

“A Beautiful Penelope and a Captivating Odysseus” – this was the scene at the press conference following the premiere of The Return, directed by Uberto Pasolini. Inspired by Homer’s myth, the film stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche as the mythic figures Odysseus and Penelope reimagined through a modern lens.

The judging panel for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award, presented annually for a book about Greece, has finalized the shortlist for the 2024 competition. Out of their long list of 24 books announced in January, the judges have selected seven books for their short list.  

The shortlisted books are as follows:

"It is so good to be home. This is a picture of my nostos," tweeted University of Pennsylvania classical studies professor Emily Wilson on May 13, attaching a photographs of her two daughters. She had clearly missed her family during her lengthy tour of Great Britain and Australia to promote her critically acclaimed translation of Homer's "Odyssey."

The latest translation of Homer’s The Odyssey has been translated into English, and while it has been done so dozens of times since it first appeared in English in 1615, this is the first time it has been done by a woman.