1954Nominee
Best Writing
Ulysses
Irwin Shaw
Actor · Producer · Writer
The Bronx, New York, USA
February 27, 1913
Biography
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,[1] which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1958Nominee
Best Writing
The Young Lions
1957Nominee
Best Writing
Fire Down Below
Career Highlights
1958Highlight
Best Writing
Desire Under the Elms
1942Highlight
Best Writing
The Talk of the Town