Irving Stone | |
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| Born | Irving Tennenbaum July 14, 1903 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | August 26, 1989 (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (MA) |
| Spouse | Lona Mosk (divorced) Jean Factor |
Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum,[1] July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo.