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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.

American writer (1913–1984)

Born 27 February 1913
Died 16 May 1984

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  • Cover of: The Young Lions
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  • Cover of: Fifty best American short stories: 1915-1965

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  • Cover of: Voices of a summer day
    First published in 1965 11 editions

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  • Cover of: Rich man, poor man.
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  • Cover of: Acceptable losses
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  • Cover of: Evening in Byzantium
    First published in 1973 10 editions

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  • Cover of: Top of the Hill
    Cover of edition topofhill00irwi First published in 1979 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Lucy Crown: a novel.
    Cover of edition lucycrown0000shaw_j6i4 First published in 1956 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Two weeks in another town
    First published in 1960 9 editions

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  • Cover of: Great Short stories of the World

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  • Cover of: Beggarman, thief
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  • Cover of: The troubled air.
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  • Cover of: Tip on a dead jockey: and other stories.

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  • Cover of: Love on a dark street
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  • Cover of: Short stories, five decades
    First published in 1978 5 editions

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American writer (1913–1984)

Born 27 February 1913
Died 16 May 1984

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