Irwin Shaw

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-02-27

Deathday 1984-05-16 (71 years old)

Place of Birth The Bronx, New York, USA

Also Known As Ирвин Шоу

Irwin Shaw

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

Writer

2005
1980
1979
1978
1976
1969
Bury the Dead

as Writer

1969
Three

as Story

1963
In the French Style

as Screenplay

1963
1961
The Big Gamble

as Writer

1958
1958
Desire Under the Elms

as Screenplay

1957
Fire Down Below

as Screenplay

1957
This Angry Age

as Writer

1954
Ulysses

as Screenplay

1953
Act of Love

as Writer

1951
I Want You

as Screenplay

1949
1949
Take One False Step

as Screenplay

1949
Easy Living

as Story

1942
The Talk of the Town

as Screenplay

1942
1941
Out of the Fog

as Theatre Play

1936
The Big Game

as Screenplay

Creator

Producer

1963