Stephen Jay Greenblatt is an American literary historian and author born in Boston in 1943. He has held the position of John Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University since 2000, a role that reflects his significant contributions to the field of literary studies. Greenblatt has served as general editor of The Norton Shakespeare, published in 2015, and is also the general editor and a contributor to The Norton Anthology of English Literature. These editorial roles demonstrate his influence in shaping how literature is taught and studied in academic settings.