Irving Stone (1903–1989)
Author of The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
About the Author
Irving Stone was born Irving Tenenbaum in San Francisco, California on July 14, 1903. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1923 and a master's degree from the University of Southern California in 1924. He was known for his historically accurate show more fictionalized biographies. His first book, Lust for Life, was published in 1934. His other works include Clarence Darrow for the Defense, They Also Ran, Immortal Wife, President's Lady, Love Is Eternal, The Agony and the Ecstasy, The Passions of the Mind, and The Origin. He won a Western Spur Award for Men to Match My Mountains. He died on August 26, 1989 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Irving Stone
The Greek Treasure: A Biographical Novel of Henry and Sophia Schliemann (1975) — Author — 491 copies
My life & love are one: Quotations from the letters of Vincent Van Gogh to his brother Theo (1937) 20 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 109 - Umstrittene Diagnose / Die Söhne des Krieges / Unter Elefanten / Nacktes Land (1979) 4 copies
Han Som Skapade Världen 2 copies
Han Som Älskade Livet 2 copies
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Part 2 2 copies
O Tesouro Grego 1 copy
Agonie si extaz - Vol. 1 1 copy
Journal and Correspondence of Miss Adams, Daughter of John Adams, Second President of the United States. Written in… (2016) 1 copy
My Life and Love Are One: Quotations From the Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother Theo 1 copy
Agonie si extaz - Vol. 2 1 copy
Agonie și extaz vol 1 1 copy
Agonie şi extaz vol 2 1 copy
Stradanje duše 1 copy
Происхождение 1 copy
Immortal Wife (abridged) 1 copy
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Notes From the Editors Pamphlet (Signed Limited Editions From the Franklin Library Series) (1977) 1 copy
Lust for Life Vol. II 1 copy
Fictionalized Biographies Of Three Of The World's Greatest Painters - Actually Illustrated By Themselves: Lust for Life… (1939) — Contributor — 1 copy
Lust for Life Vol. I 1 copy
Associated Works
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Contributor — 153 copies
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Agony and the Ecstasy | Winter of our Discontent | Fate is the… (1961) 39 copies
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Those Who Love | The Double Image | The Way of the Eagle | Churchill (1967) 28 copies
My Most Inspiring Moment: Encounters with Destiny Relived by Thirty-Eight Best-Selling Authors (1965) 10 copies
Best-in-Books: Speak to the Winds / Far Traveller / Spring on an Arctic Island / Frogman / Men to Match My Mountains (2017) — Contributor — 2 copies
The Story of Michelangelo's Pieta; On a Shoestring and a Prayer; Priest in the Piazza; I, a Sinner (1964) 1 copy
Reader's Digest Book Club Anthology, Volume 2: The Caine Mutiny • Cry, the Beloved Country • The President's Lady (1956) 1 copy
Keizers van de Zuidpool; De vrouw naast de President; Eerst komt de dageraad; Ontsnapping uit China (1966) 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Stone, Irving
- Legal name
- Stone, Irving
- Other names
- Tennenbaum, Irving (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1903-07-14
- Date of death
- 1989-08-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cause of death
- heart failure
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Italy
Beverly Hills, California, USA - Education
- University of California, Berkeley (BA | 1923)
University of Southern California (MA | 1924) - Occupations
- novelist
historical novelist - Relationships
- Stone, Jean (wife)
- Awards and honors
- Spur Award (1956)
Commonwealth Club of California Book Awards (1961)
Golden Plate Award (1971) - Short biography
- Stone, Irving (14 July 1903–26 August 1989), author, was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Charles Tannenbaum (sometimes spelled Tennenbaum), a store clerk, and Pauline Rosenberg. His parents divorced when he was seven, and by his senior year in high school his mother had remarried. Stone legally changed his surname to that of his stepfather.
From American National Biography.
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