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Irwin Shaw (1913–1984)

Author of Rich Man, Poor Man

Includes the names: I. Shou, Irin Shaw, Irvin Shou, Shaw Irwin, Irvin SHou, Irwin Shaw, Irving Shaw, ארוין שו, Ирвин Шоу, Ирвин Шоу ... (see complete list), Ъруин Шоу, Ирвин Шоу.

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Rich Man, Poor Man 774 copies, 7 reviews
The Young Lions 564 copies, 10 reviews
Beggarman, Thief 392 copies, 1 review
Bread Upon the Waters 251 copies, 4 reviews
Short stories, five decades 185 copies, 1 review
Nightwork 174 copies, 4 reviews
Acceptable Losses 166 copies, 4 reviews
Evening in Byzantium 156 copies, 1 review
Top of the Hill 145 copies, 1 review
Lucy Crown 109 copies, 2 reviews
Two Weeks in Another Town 102 copies, 3 reviews
Paris! Paris! 92 copies
Voices of a Summer Day 77 copies, 1 review
The Troubled Air 72 copies, 3 reviews
God Was Here but He Left Early 41 copies
Tip on a Dead Jockey 32 copies
Paris/Magnum, photographs 1935-1981 28 copies
The Talk of the Town [1942 film] (Screenwriter) 22 copies, 1 review
Love on a Dark Street 20 copies
Wings Bestsellers Fiction: Irwin Shaw: Three Complete Novels 20 copies
In The Company of Dolphins 19 copies, 3 reviews
Bury The Dead. 17 copies, 3 reviews
Ulysses [1954 film] (Screenwriter) 17 copies
Mixed Company 16 copies
Selected short stories 14 copies
Four Complete Novels: Rich Man Poor Man / Beggarman Thief / Evening in… 13 copies
Report on Israel 11 copies
Retreat 11 copies
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses 9 copies
Act of Faith and Other Stories 8 copies
The Gentle People 7 copies
Rich Man, Poor Man and Beggarman, Thief: In One Volume 7 copies
Hombre rico, hombre pobre II 5 copies
Whispers in Bedlam. Three Novellas. Whispers in Bedlam. Small Saturday.… 5 copies
Sailor Off the Bremen 5 copies
The Eighty-Yard Run 5 copies
Welcome to the city and other stories 4 copies
Child from Their Games 4 copies
Pogoda dla bogaczy Tom III 3 copies
The Day The War Ends 3 copies
Le bal des maudits - Tome 2 3 copies
Short Stories Of Irwin Shaw 3 copies
Collected Fiction: The Young Lions, Bread Upon the Waters, Short Stories:… 3 copies, 1 review
Pogoda dla bogaczy. 1 3 copies
Неудачная суббота. 3 copies
Pogoda dla bogaczy. 2 3 copies
Voor de eerlijke vinder 2 copies
Main Currents of American Thought 2 copies
Fire Down Below [1957 film] (Writer) 2 copies
Le bal des maudits volume 1 2 copies
Suttogás a sötétben 2 copies
Onnenpoika 1 copy
Mixed Company volume 2 1 copy
Return to Kansas City (Still Life) 1 copy
Tomu málo, tomu nic 1 copy
Welcome to the city 1 copy
the book 1 copy
O cimo do monte 1 copy
Młode lwy. T. 1-2 1 copy
Солнечные берега реки Леты: Рассказы 1 copy
Полное собрание рассказов. 1957-1973 1 copy
" Bogach-bedni͡ak". ( Roman. Kniga II-i͡a.) 1 copy
Le bal des maudits - tome 2 - the young lions 1 copy
Полное собрание рассказов. 1940-1950 1 copy
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and other stories 1 copy
O alto da colina 1 copy
Бог был здесь, но уже ушел 1 copy
Homem Rico. Homem Pobre - Volume I 1 copy
Where All Things Wise And Fair Descend 1 copy
The Mannichon Solution 1 copy
SHORT STORIES OF IRWIN SHAW, SIXTY-EIGHT STORIES 1 copy
The Assassin 1 copy
Education Of The Heart 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Medal from Jerusalem 1 copy
Rejsen ud - rejsen hjem : Udvalgte noveller 1 copy
Az átjáró 1 copy
Act of Faith {short story} 1 copy, 1 review
ثورة الموتى 1 copy
Зеленая Ню 1 copy
Pogoda dla bogaczy 1 copy
Mlode Lwy 1 copy
Short stories 1 copy
Great American Short Stories / Act of Faith - Paul's Case - The Great… 1 copy
Młode lwy. tom III 1 copy
La brava gente 1 copy
Młode lwy. tom I 1 copy
Młode lwy. tom II 1 copy
Círculo de luz y otros relatos 1 copy
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Death of a Salesman [critical edition] (Contributor) 1,181 copies, 8 reviews
50 Great Short Stories (Contributor) 996 copies, 8 reviews
Short Story Masterpieces (Contributor) 546 copies, 4 reviews
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (Contributor) 400 copies, 3 reviews
Fifty Great American Short Stories (Contributor) 361 copies, 3 reviews
Points of View: Revised Edition (Contributor) 361 copies, 6 reviews
Wonderful Town: New York Stories from The New Yorker (Contributor) 321 copies
A Treasury of Short Stories (Contributor) 255 copies
Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 253 copies, 3 reviews
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 238 copies, 4 reviews
The 40s: The Story of a Decade (Contributor) 200 copies, 4 reviews
Short Stories from The New Yorker, 1925 to 1940 (Contributor) 175 copies, 1 review
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous… (Contributor) 164 copies
Twenty Grand Short Stories (Contributor) 132 copies
An Anthology of Famous American Stories (Contributor) 111 copies
Thirty Famous One-Act Plays (Contributor) 93 copies, 2 reviews
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology (Expanded 10th-Anniversary Edition) (Contributor) 79 copies
Twenty Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre (Contributor) 68 copies
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (Contributor) 63 copies, 1 review
55 Short Stories from The New Yorker, 1940 to 1950 (Contributor) 45 copies
Manhattan Noir 2: The Classics (Contributor) 42 copies, 4 reviews
The Jewish Writer (Contributor) 42 copies
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual… (Contributor) 32 copies
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (Contributor) 26 copies
Rediscoveries: Informal Essays in Which Well-Known Novelists Rediscover… (Contributor) 26 copies
America on Stage : Ten Great Plays of American History (Contributor) 19 copies
The Mammoth Book of Legal Thrillers (Contributor) 17 copies
The Girls from Esquire (Contributor) 16 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1944 (Contributor) 14 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1963 (Contributor) 11 copies, 1 review
The Best American Short Stories 1955 (Contributor) 10 copies
Rich Man, Poor Man [1976 TV mini series] (Original book) 10 copies
New Stories for Men (Contributor) 10 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1962 (Contributor) 9 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1943 (Contributor) 8 copies
Fiction Goes to Court (Contributor) 7 copies
Moderne joodse verhalen (Contributor) 6 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1947 (Contributor) 6 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1942 (Contributor) 4 copies
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 2 (Contributor) 3 copies
The Best American Short Stories 1954 (Contributor) 3 copies
The Haunted Boy, Sphinx, Lead Her Like a Pigeon, Red Wind, The Eighty-Yard… 1 copy
Two Weeks in Another Town [1962 film] (Original novel) 1 copy
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Canonical name
Shaw, Irwin
Legal name
Shamforoff, Irwin Gilbert
Other names
Date of birth
1913-02-27
Date of death
1984-05-16
Burial location
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Cremated
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York, New York, USA
Place of death
Davos, Switzerland
Cause of death
Places of residence
New York, New York, USA
Davos, Switzerland
Education
Brooklyn College
Occupations
radio scriptwriter
playwright
novelist
short-story writer
screenwriter
Relationships
Organizations
United States Army (WWII)
Awards and honors
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1946)
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Short biography
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