Let's make this birthday one to remember.

81 years old (Born on November 07, 1943)

Happy Birthday, Stephen Greenblatt! May your day be filled with more joy than Shakespeare had plot twists. Your groundbreaking work in New Historicism has made literary critics everywhere rethink history—and probably ruined casual reading for them forever. But hey, that's the price of genius!

Your biography "Will in the World" didn't just top bestseller lists—it practically camped out there for months, proving once again that Shakespeare still knows how to draw a crowd (with a little help from you). Here's hoping your birthday is as timeless and entertaining as the Bard himself—minus all those tragic endings!