Susanna Braund
Fellow
Current Employer
The University of British Columbia
Election Year
2019
Academy
Academy of the Arts and Humanities
BRAUND, Susanna – Department of Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies, The University of British Columbia
Susanna Braund is the world expert on the translation history of the major Latin poet Virgil. She earlier pioneered literary study of Roman satire and cultural study of the emotions in Roman literature. She produced acclaimed scholarly editions and translations of Juvenal, Persius, Lucan and Seneca. Her synthesizing approach combines philological methods and contemporary theoretical frameworks to illuminate and deepen our appreciation of Latin literature and Roman culture.
Susanna Braund is the world expert on the translation history of the major Latin poet Virgil. She earlier pioneered literary study of Roman satire and cultural study of the emotions in Roman literature. She produced acclaimed scholarly editions and translations of Juvenal, Persius, Lucan and Seneca. Her synthesizing approach combines philological methods and contemporary theoretical frameworks to illuminate and deepen our appreciation of Latin literature and Roman culture.
Susanna Braund est la spécialiste mondiale de l’histoire de la traduction du grand poète latin Virgil. Auparavant, elle fut pionnière dans l’étude littéraire de la satire romaine et dans l’étude culturelle des émotions dans la littérature romaine. Elle a produit des éditions scientifiques réputées et des traductions des œuvres de Juvenal, Persius, Lucan et Sénèque. Son approche de synthèse allie des méthodes philologiques avec des modèles théoriques contemporains pour éclairer et approfondir notre compréhension de la littérature latine et de la culture romaine.