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Born on November 7, 1943 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Stephen Greenblatt is a literary historian, writer and university teacher. As of 2026, Stephen Greenblatt is 82 years old. Education on record includes Newton North High School and Yale University. Recorded honors include Guggenheim Fellowship (1974), Rome Prize, Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2012) and 5 more.
My Take
What gets me about Stephen Greenblatt is how he made literary scholarship feel like detective work. He's a Harvard professor and the man behind The Norton Shakespeare, but the prizes that stack up here, the 2012 Pulitzer and the 2011 National Book Award for The Swerve, tell me he could write for people far outside the academy. Add the Guggenheim, the Fulbright and the 2016 Holberg, and you're looking at someone respected on both sides of the scholar-popularizer divide. Born in Boston in 1943 and Yale-trained, he's the rare academic whose name a general reader might actually recognize. I respect that kind of reach.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stephen Greenblatt
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・グリーンブラット
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・ぐりーんぶらっと
- Born
- November 7, 1943 (age 82)
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Occupation
- literary historian / writer / university teacher / literary critic / journalist
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Goat
2. Background
- High school
- Newton North High School
- University
- Yale University
Awards & achievements
- 1974 Guggenheim Fellowship
- Rome Prize
- 2012 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
- 2011 National Book Award
- 2016 Holberg International Memorial Prize
- Fulbright Scholarship
- 2011 National Book Award for Nonfiction
- 2010 Wilbur Cross Medal
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4. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Stephen Greenblatt born?
Born November 7, 1943 (age 82).
Where is Stephen Greenblatt from?
Stephen Greenblatt is from Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
What does Stephen Greenblatt do?
Stephen Greenblatt works as literary historian, writer, university teacher, literary critic, journalist.