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Irwin Shaw

1913 - 1984

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irwin Shaw is the 1,210th most popular writer (down from 664th in 2019), the 1,721st most popular biography from United States (down from 690th in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Writer.

Irwin Shaw was a prolific American playwright, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels The Young Lions and Rich Man, Poor Man.

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Among writers, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,210 out of 7,302. Before him are Symeon the New Theologian, Jan Długosz, Richard Matheson, Rex Stout, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, and Diana Mosley. After him are Khushal Khattak, Noah Gordon, Ahmed Deedat, Shi Nai'an, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and Matteo Bandello.

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Among people born in 1913, Irwin Shaw ranks 62. Before him are Charles Trenet, Alan Ladd, Tony Martin, Jan Kubiš, Heinz Linge, and Tadao Horie. After him are Tito Gobbi, Luz Long, Stewart Granger, Stanley Kramer, Mark Robson, and Vinicius de Moraes. Among people deceased in 1984, Irwin Shaw ranks 42. Before him are Motoo Tatsuhara, Viktor Shklovsky, Karl Rahner, Dmitry Ustinov, Kim Sung-gan, and Henri Michaux. After him are Oskar Werner, Tito Gobbi, Brassaï, Ngô Đình Thục, Souvanna Phouma, and Enrico Berlinguer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,721 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Patrick (1958), Suzy Amis Cameron (1962), Richard Matheson (1926), Joseph Cotten (1905), Rex Stout (1886), and John Forsyth (1780). After him are Noah Gordon (1926), Mark Spitz (1950), Mike Powell (1963), Aaron Copland (1900), Josiah Warren (1798), and Superstar Billy Graham (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 140. Before him are Anne Rice (1941), Donna Leon (1942), Michael Connelly (1956), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Richard Matheson (1926), and Rex Stout (1886). After him are Noah Gordon (1926), Robert Sheckley (1928), Richard Henry Dana Jr. (1815), Valerie Solanas (1936), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), and Hubert Selby Jr. (1928).

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