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Irwin Shaw

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Feb 27, 1913
May 16, 1984(aged 71)

Irwin Shaw

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.
From 180 & Taller(2005)(Novel)
Beggarman, Thief(1979)(Novel)
Three(1969)(Story)
Bury the Dead(1969)(Writer)
In the French Style(1963)(Story)
The Big Gamble(1961)(Writer)
The Young Lions(1958)(Novel)
Desire Under the Elms(1958)(Screenplay)
This Angry Age(1957)(Writer)
Fire Down Below(1957)(Screenplay)
Ulysses(1954)(Screenplay)
Act of Love(1953)(Writer)
I Want You(1951)(Screenplay)
Easy Living(1949)(Story)
Take One False Step(1949)(Screenplay)
Commandos Strike at Dawn(1942)(Screenplay)
The Talk of the Town(1942)(Screenplay)
Out of the Fog(1941)(Theatre Play)
The Big Game(1936)(Screenplay)

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