Irwin Shaw
Known for: Writing
Born: February 26, 1913 in The Bronx, New York, USA - Died: May 15, 1984
Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Known for
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Take One False Step
Novel
The Talk of the Town
Screenplay
Out of the Fog
Theatre Play
The Young Lions
Novel
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Short Story
Two Weeks in Another Town
Novel
Desire Under the Elms
Screenplay
Easy Living
Story
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Novel
Act of Love
Writer
Bury the Dead
Writer
The Big Game
Screenplay
From 180 & Taller
Novel
The Big Gamble
Writer
Ulysses
Screenplay
I Want You
Screenplay
Rich Man, Poor Man...
Novel
Three
Story
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Screenplay
Fire Down Below
Screenplay
In the French Style
Screenplay
This Angry Age
Writer
Beggarman, Thief
Novel