{"id":252180,"date":"2026-07-26T03:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252180\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:51:06","slug":"nolan-film-boosts-penn-professors-odyssey-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252180\/","title":{"rendered":"Nolan Film Boosts Penn Professor\u2019s \u2018Odyssey\u2019 Translation |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Emily-Wilson.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-626801\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-626801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Emily-Wilson-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-626801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Version 1.0.0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PHILADELPHIA \u2014 A University of Pennsylvania professor\u2019s translation of \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d has sold more than one million copies this year. The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting, Emily Wilson credits renewed interest surrounding Christopher Nolan\u2019s blockbuster film adaptation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wilson published her acclaimed English translation in 2017 after spending about five years on the project. She initially believed the book might sell only about one thousand copies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publisher W.W. Norton says domestic sales across all formats surpassed one million by July 2. Nolan has cited Wilson\u2019s work among several translations used as references.\u00a0 Wilson says the surge is introducing ancient literature to new audiences. Her next book about translation and classical literature will be released this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Version 1.0.0 PHILADELPHIA \u2014 A University of Pennsylvania professor\u2019s translation of \u201cThe Odyssey\u201d has sold more than one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[69,71,70],"class_list":["post-252180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}