Irwin Shaw
Writing
- Born:
- 1913-02-27
- Died:
- 1984-05-16
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
From 180 & Taller
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Rich Man, Poor Man...
Rich Man, Poor Man...
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Top of the Hill
Beggarman, Thief
Evening in Byzantium
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Rich Man, Poor Man
Playhouse
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
Centre Play
Three
Bury the Dead
In the French Style
Two Weeks in Another Town
The Big Gamble
The Young Lions
Desire Under the Elms
This Angry Age
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Fire Down Below
War and Peace
Ulysses
Act of Love
I Want You
Easy Living
Take One False Step
Commandos Strike at Dawn
The Talk of the Town
Out of the Fog
The Big Game
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