Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw
Shaw in 1948
Shaw in 1948
BornIrwin Gilbert Shamforoff
(1913-02-27)February 27, 1913
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 16, 1984(1984-05-16) (aged 71)
Davos, Switzerland
Occupation
  • Playwright
  • screenwriter
  • novelist
Notable worksBury the Dead (1936)
The Young Lions (1948)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1969)
Beggarman, Thief (1977)
Notable awardsO. Henry Award (1944, 1945)
National Institute of Arts and
Letters Grant
(1946)
Playboy Award (1964, 1970, 1979)
Honorary Doctorate, Brooklyn College
SpouseMarian Edwards (1916–1996)
Website
irwinshaw.org

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.

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