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