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Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw 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, which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.

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American writer (1913–1984)

Born 27 February 1913
Died 16 May 1984

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    Cover of edition breaduponwaters0000shaw_f4a2 First published in 1981 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Paris! Paris!
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    Cover of edition parisparis00shaw Cover of edition parisparis00irwi First published in 1977 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Twenty best plays of the modern American theatre
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    Cover of edition twentybestplayso00john First published in 1939 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Mered ha-metim: ḥizayon mi-Milḥemet ha-ʻolam 1914 : [program]

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  • Cover of: Sailor off the Bremen, and other stories

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    First published in 1989 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Irwin Shaw, four complete novels
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    Cover of edition irwinshawfourcom00shaw First published in 1981 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Ningun Jurado Les Condenaria Y Otros Relatos/Short Stories: Five Decades

    First published in 1984 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Children from their games: a play in two acts

    First published in 1962 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The gentle people: a Brooklyn fable

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  • Cover of: Tip on a dead jockey, and other stories
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    First published in 1957 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Young Lions Part 1 of 2

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  • Cover of: Young Lion

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    Cover of edition lucycrown0000unse_o4k5 First published in 1958 — 2 editions
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    Cover of edition bestamericanshor00fole First published in 1963 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Classic Stories of World War II

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  • Cover of: The talk of the town (1942): shooting script

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American writer (1913–1984)

Born 27 February 1913
Died 16 May 1984

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Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction in English, World War, 1939-1945, American Short stories, English Short stories, Drama, Families, Manners and customs, Short stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, German Americans, History, Social life and customs, American Civil War, American drama, American fiction, American literature, Bibliography, Classic Literature, Confederate States of America, Description and travel, Family, Habimah, History and criticism

Places

United States, New York (N.Y.), Alabama, France, Israel, Jefferson, Mississippi, New York (State), Owl Creek Bridge, Paris (France), Yoknapatawpha County, Adriatic Sea, Araby, Araby bazaar, Cannes, Dublin, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Francia, Ireland, Italy, Missouri, New England, New York, North Richmond Street

People

Irwin Shaw (1913-1984), Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Peyton Farquhar, Tobe, Amanda Wingfield, Bill Hutchinson, Caddy, Colonel Killigrew, Dilsey, Dr. Heidegger, Harry Graves, Irwin Shaw (1913-), Jailer, Jason, Jesus, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Mangan's sister, Mr. Doran, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Lovelady, Mr. Medbourne

Time

20th century, 1861-65, Antebellum era, 1970-, 60s

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Alternative names

  • Ирвин Шоу

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March 23, 2025 Edited by Samaccat Added new photo
March 15, 2025 Edited by Samaccat Edited without comment.
March 15, 2025 Edited by Samaccat Added new photo
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import