James S. Shapiro

James S. Shapiro
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University
University of Chicago
OccupationShakespeare scholar
EmployerColumbia University
AwardsSamuel Johnson Prize
James Shapiro's voice
from the BBC programme Front Row, March 26, 2010.[1]

James S. Shapiro (born 1955) is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University who specializes in Shakespeare and the Early Modern period. Shapiro has served on the faculty at Columbia University since 1985, teaching Shakespeare and other topics, and he has published widely on Shakespeare and Elizabethan culture.

  1. ^ "James Shapiro". Front Row. March 26, 2010. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.