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Also known as Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff

American writer (1913–1984)

Person · Open Library

Born
27 February 1913
Died
16 May 1984
Works
136

Top works

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  • Love on a dark street

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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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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1910-05-23
Active to
2004-12-30
jazzswing

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Listeners
5
Total plays
76

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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)

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1913-02-27
date of death
1984-05-16
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Irwin Shaw
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start of work period
1948-00-00
end of work period
1982-00-00
birth name
Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff
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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.

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