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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.
May 12, 2024 · Irwin Shaw was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, and author of critically acclaimed short stories and best-selling novels. Shaw studied at Brooklyn College (B.A., 1934) and at age 21 began his career by writing the scripts of the popular Andy Gump and Dick Tracy radio shows.
Literature & Fiction. edit data. Shaw was born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff in the South Bronx, New York City, to Russian Jewish immigrants. Shaw was a prolific American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies.
May 17, 1984 · Irwin Shaw, for more than 40 years a prolific and successful writer of short stories, plays, screenplays and novels - most notably the World War II saga ''The Young Lions'' - died of a...
Irwin Shaw has 241 books on Goodreads with 99140 ratings. Irwin Shaw’s most popular book is Rich Man, Poor Man.
Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff, also known as Irwin Shaw, was an American screenwriter, playwright, writer of short stories, and best-selling novelist that put out a prolific amount of writing throughout his career.
Shaw is the father of a son, Adam, who is also a writer, and divides his time between Klosters, Switzerland, and Southampton, New York. The first interview with Irwin Shaw took place when The Paris Review was in its infancy, over twenty-five years ago.
