Craig Williamson

Craig Williamson serves as Alfred H. and Peggi Bloom Professor of English Literature at Swarthmore College. A scholar of medieval and early English literature, he is the definitive editor of The Old English Riddles of the Exeter Book and translator of major poetic works including The Complete Old English Poems.

Research and creative domains:

• Anglo-Saxon literary traditions
• Alliterative verse translation techniques
• Early English linguistic evolution
• Cross-cultural poetic adaptation

His current projects include Hebrew Psalms translations and studies of riddlic structures in Tolkien's fiction. No awards, students, or publication details beyond books are provided.