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Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and writer who worked in English. Born in the South Bronx, New York City, on February 27, 1913, he received his education at the City University of New York. His professional career began in 1948, and he participated in World War II. Among his notable works is *Rich Man, Poor Man*.
Shaw received the O. Henry Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. He died of cancer from natural causes in Davos on May 16, 1984.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 27 February 1913
- Died
- 16 May 1984
- Works
- 136
Top works
- 柯露西／
- Eleştiren oyunlar
- עשיר ועני
- De Oogst Van Een Leven
- Love on a dark street
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Film & TV
Writing · The Bronx, New York, USA
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…
Known for
- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey — Self1985
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-05-23
- Active to
- 2004-12-30
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 76
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,794x
- Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae
· 1999 · cited 15,600x
- Superoxide dismutase: Improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels
· 1971 · cited 10,598x
- Superoxide Dismutase
· 1969 · cited 10,051x
- Glide: A New Approach for Rapid, Accurate Docking and Scoring. 1. Method and Assessment of Docking Accuracy
· 2004 · cited 9,094x
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Quotes
- “Do not boast to me in your newspapers of the thousands of tons of bombs you have let loose at random on the unhappy land of Germany, because I will tell you that you have let loose those bombs on me, on your church, on yourselves and on your God. Tell me, rather, how you have wept for the single German soldier you have been forced to kill as he stood before you armed and dangerous, and I will say, you are my defender and the defender of my church and my England.”
- “Kill, if you must, because in our weakness and in our error, we have found no other road to peace, but kill remorsefully, kill with a sense of sorrow, kill with economy for the immortal souls who leave this life in battle, carry mercy in your cartridge cases, forgiveness in your knapsacks, kill without revenge, because vengeance is not yours but the Lord’s, kill, knowing that each life you spend makes your life that much the poorer.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff , ( 1913-02-27 ) February 27, 1913, The Bronx, New York , U.S.
- Died
- May 16, 1984 (1984-05-16) (aged 71), Davos , Switzerland
- Occupation
- Playwright screenwriter novelist
- Notable works
- Bury the Dead (1936), The Young Lions (1948), Rich Man, Poor Man (1969), Beggarman, Thief (1977)
- Notable awards
- O. Henry Award (1944, 1945), National Institute of Arts and, Letters Grant (1946), Playboy Award (1964, 1970, 1979), Honorary Doctorate , Brooklyn College
- Spouse
- Marian Edwards (1916–1996)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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, which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
Personal life
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