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Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw

WriterActorProducer Feb 27 (died age 71) The Bronx, New York, USA 1936–2005 (69 year career)
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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] w…

Known For

The Talk of the Town
Film

The Talk of the Town

Screenplay
Ulysses
Film

Ulysses

Screenplay
The Young Lions
Film

The Young Lions

Novel
Rich Man, Poor Man
Film

Rich Man, Poor Man

Novel
Two Weeks in Another Town
Film

Two Weeks in Another Town

Novel
Out of the Fog
Film

Out of the Fog

Theatre Play
Desire Under the Elms
Film

Desire Under the Elms

Screenplay
Fire Down Below
Film

Fire Down Below

Screenplay

Filmography