Simon Goldhill
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Who is Simon Goldhill?
Simon Goldhill is Professor in Greek Literature and Culture and fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at King's College, Cambridge. He is also Director of CRASSH, the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his work on Greek tragedy. His research interests include: Greek Tragedy, Greek Culture, Literary Theory, Later Greek Literature, and Reception. His latest books include "Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction and the Proclamation of Modernity", which are based on the Martin Lectures at Oberlin in 2010 and "Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy" which is based on the Onassis Lectures delivered across America in 2011. He has written international prize winning books in three different subject areas: "Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity" won the 2012 Robert Lowry Patten Award for the best book on Victorian literature 2010-12 from the Society of English Literature; "Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy" won the Runciman Prize for 2013 for the best book on a Greek topic, ancient or modern; an "Jerusalem, City of Longing" won the Independent Publishers Gold medal for History in 2010.
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