Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw 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.

27 February 1913

Born on the same birth date (27 February 1913): Kazimierz Sabbat • Paul Ricœur

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Born in the same month (February 1913): Betty Field • Danai Stratigopoulou • Erich Eliskases • Frank Tashlin • James Pike • Jim Backus • Kazimierz Sabbat • Khalid of Saudi Arabia • Mel Allen • Paul Ricœur • Poul Reichhardt