Stephen Greenblatt: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Stephen Jay Greenblatt
Born	November 7, 1943 (age 83) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize • National Book Award • Holberg Prize (2016)
Notable Works	“Hamlet in Purgatory” • “Practicing New Historicism” • “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”
Subjects Of Study	William Shakespeare

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