Irwin Shaw
Irwin Shaw · Arts & Literature
American novelist and short-story writer (born Irwin Shamforoff to Russian-Jewish immigrants)
1913, The Bronx, New York, United States — 1984, Davos, Switzerland
United States · Switzerland · France
Irwin Shaw is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American novelist and short-story writer (born Irwin Shamforoff to Russian-Jewish immigrants)
Irwin Shaw, born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff, was an American novelist, playwright and short-story writer whose works include the war novel The Young Lions (1948) and the bestseller Rich Man, Poor Man. He was Jewish, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, and his Jewish characters and themes recur across his fiction. He became one of the most widely read American authors of the mid-20th century.
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American novelist and short-story writer (born Irwin Shamforoff to Russian-Jewish immigrants)
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Shaw
