Marion Turner
Marion Turner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | British |
| Title | J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language |
| Awards | for Chaucer: A European Life |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BA, DPhil) University of York (MA) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English literature |
| Institutions | Magdalen College, Oxford King's College London Jesus College, Oxford Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |
| Main interests | Geoffrey Chaucer |
| Notable works | Chaucer: A European Life The Wife of Bath: A Biography |
Marion Turner (born 1976) is the J. R. R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford and an academic authority on Geoffrey Chaucer. She has authored several books, including Chaucer: A European Life, which was shortlisted in 2020 for the Wolfson History Prize, and was a finalist in the PROSE Awards, and for which she was awarded the 2020 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize.