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Irving Stone (1903–1989)

Author of The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

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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 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) — biography from The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo… (more)
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Works by Irving Stone
The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo 3,880 copies, 76 reviews
Lust for Life 1,927 copies, 31 reviews
The Origin: A Biographical Novel of Charles Darwin 609 copies, 11 reviews
The Passions of the Mind: A Novel of Sigmund Freud 573 copies, 4 reviews
Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh (Editor) 572 copies, 5 reviews
Men to Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900 571 copies, 8 reviews
Those Who Love: A Biographical Novel of Abigail and John Adams 493 copies, 5 reviews
The Greek Treasure: A Biographical Novel of Henry and Sophia Schliemann (Author) 486 copies, 9 reviews
Love Is Eternal 414 copies, 5 reviews
Clarence Darrow for the Defense 323 copies, 6 reviews
The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson 316 copies, 2 reviews
Depths of Glory: A Biographical Novel of Camille Pissarro 306 copies, 4 reviews
Jack London, Sailor on Horseback 221 copies, 5 reviews
Immortal Wife: The Biographical Novel of Jessie Benton Fremont 216 copies, 3 reviews
They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency 122 copies, 8 reviews
The Passionate Journey (A Biographical Novel of John Nobel) 71 copies, 1 review
I, Michelangelo, Sculptor 69 copies
Adversary in the House 55 copies, 1 review
The Story of Michelangelo's Pieta 35 copies, 1 review
Irving Stone: 3 Complete Novels 31 copies, 2 reviews
The Great Adventure of Michelangelo 30 copies
Two Faces of Love: Lust for Life and Immortal Wife 23 copies
The Drawings of Michelangelo (Master Draughtsman Series) 21 copies
My life & love are one: Quotations from the letters of Vincent Van Gogh to… 18 copies
There was Light: Autobiography of a University: Berkeley, 1868-1968 8 copies
From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California 1840-1850 7 copies
The Irving Stone reader 6 copies
The Agony and the Ecstasy / Lust for Life / Depths of Glory 6 copies
Earl Warren (A Great American Story) 5 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 109 - Umstrittene Diagnose / Die Söhne des… 5 copies
The Passions of the Mind, Part 1 4 copies
The Passions of the Mind, Part 2 4 copies
Manana Land [Irving Stone's Southern California] 2 copies
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Part 1 2 copies
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Part 2 2 copies
Clarence Darrow For The Defense - Abridged 2 copies
False Witness a novel 2 copies
Immortal Wife (abridged) 1 copy
Fictionalized Biographies Of Three Of The World's Greatest Painters -… (Contributor) 1 copy
Grcko blago : biografski roman o Henriju i Sofiji Sliman 1 copy
Lust for Life Vol. II 1 copy
Lust for Life Vol. I 1 copy
Para tão longo amor (Seleções - The President's Lady) 1 copy
Miguel Angelo e seu Mundo (Seleções - The Agony and the Ecstasy) 1 copy
We Speak For Ourselves A Self-Portrait of America 1 copy
The Agony and the Ecstasy (abridged) 1 copy
Darrow: The Scopes Evolution Case 1 copy
Renaissance: Art and Architecture in Europe During the 15th & 16th… 1 copy
Love Is Eternal [Abridged - Reader's Digest] 1 copy
The California Hundred (Special preface by Irving Stone) (Preface) 1 copy
Irving Stone: Love Is Eternal / Those Who Love / The President's Lady (3… 1 copy
Menschen Die Die Welt bewegten: michelangelo/jeanne D'arc/ Levi Strauss 1 copy
The Agony and the Ecstasy, Notes From the Editors Pamphlet (Signed Limited… 1 copy
Mornar na konju : prica o zivotu Dzeka Londona 1 copy
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Also by Irving Stone
The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to… (Contributor) 149 copies, 1 review
The Aspirin Age, 1919-1941 (Contributor) 129 copies, 4 reviews
From Mycenae to Homer (some editions) 52 copies
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: To Kill a Mockingbird | Agony and the… 39 copies, 1 review
Reader's Digest Best Sellers: Those Who Love | The Double Image | The Way… 28 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1961 v03 24 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1965 v04 24 copies
Reader's Digest Great Biographies 10 19 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Autumn 1954 Selections: Volume… 13 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books 1952 v04 7 copies
Reader's Digest Book Club Anthology, Volumes 1 & 2 6 copies, 1 review
Reader's Digest Great Biographies in Large Type: Michelango [Agony and the… 3 copies
Reader's Digest Great Biographies in Large Type: Gandhi / Jacksons 3 copies
Best-in-Books: Speak to the Winds / Far Traveller / Spring on an Arctic… (Contributor) 2 copies
Keizers van de Zuidpool; De vrouw naast de President; Eerst komt de… 1 copy, 1 review
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Canonical name
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Stone, Irving
Other names
Tennenbaum, Irving (birth name)
Date of birth
1903-07-14
Date of death
1989-08-26
Burial location
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
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)
Agents
Organizations
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.

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