| Birth Date: | 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, US |
| Death Date: | November 23, 1986 |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
| Discipline: | Hispanic studies |
| Main Interests: | La Celestina |
| Alma Mater: | Princeton University |
| Thesis Title: | A critical analysis of the "Quijote apocrifo" of Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda |
Stephen Gilman (1917 in Chicago – November 23, 1986 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American Hispanist, known for his work on the 15th-century novel La Celestina.[1]
Gilman studied at Princeton University under Américo Castro and received his doctorate in 1943 with the work A critical analysis of the "Quijote apocrifo" of Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda (published in Spanish: "Cervantes y Avellaneda. Estudio de una imitación", Mexico City 1951, Ann Arbor 1987). After two years of military service, he was a Princeton assistant professor from 1946 to 1948. He went to Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and was first an associate professor, then a full professor from 1950 to 1956.[1] For the academic year 1950–1951 he was a Guggenheim Fellow.[2] From 1957 until his retirement in 1985, he taught at Harvard University as a professor of Romance languages.[3] In 1961 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] Gilman was the son-in-law of Jorge Guillén and the brother-in-law of Claudio Guillén.