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] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Wrote 33
2000s
- 2005
From 180 & Taller
Novel
1990s
- 1991
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Short Story
1980s
- 1982
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Book
Rich Man, Poor Man...
Novel
Rich Man, Poor Man...
Novel
- 1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Short Story
- 1980
Top of the Hill
Story
1970s
- 1979
Beggarman, Thief
Novel
- 1978
Evening in Byzantium
Writer
- 1976
- 1974
- 1973
1960s
- 1969
Three
Story
Bury the Dead
Writer
- 1963
In the French Style
Screenplay, Story
- 1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
Novel
- 1961
The Big Gamble
Writer
1950s
- 1958
Desire Under the Elms
Screenplay
- 1957
This Angry Age
Writer
Tip on a Dead Jockey
Novel
Fire Down Below
Screenplay
- 1956
- 1954
- 1953
Act of Love
Writer
- 1951
1940s
- 1949
Easy Living
Story
Take One False Step
Novel, Screenplay
- 1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Screenplay
- 1941
1930s
- 1936
The Big Game
Screenplay
Created 2
Produced 1
1960s
- 1963
In the French Style
Producer
Appearances1
1980s
- 1985
