Irwin Shaw
Novelist, Author
1913 – 1984
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Who was Irwin Shaw?
Irwin Shaw was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for his novel The Young Lions about the fate of three soldiers during World War II that was made into a film starring Marlon Brando. Though Shaw's work received widespread critical acclaim, the success of his commercial fiction ultimately diminished his literary reputation.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1913
The Bronx - Also known as
- Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brooklyn College
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
- The Bronx
- Died
- May 16, 1984
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on July 23, 2013
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