Irving Stone

Irving Stone
BornIrving Tennenbaum
(1903-07-14)July 14, 1903
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 26, 1989(1989-08-26) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationWriter
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley (MA)
SpouseLona 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.

  1. ^ "Irving Stone papers, 1945-1985". www.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on December 29, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2015.