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Irwin Shaw

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Bio

Irwin Shaw (1913–1984) was an acclaimed, award-winning author who grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. His first play, Bury the Dead (1936), has become an anti-war classic. He went on to write several more plays, more than a dozen screenplays, two works of nonfiction, dozens of short stories (for which he won two O. Henry awards), and twelve novels, including The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970). William Goldman, author of Temple of Gold and Marathon Man, says of Shaw: “He is one of the great storytellers and a pleasure to read.” For more about Shaw’s life and work, visit www.irwinshaw.org.

Irwin Shaw Books

Collected Fiction book cover

Collected Fiction

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In the Company of Dolphins book cover

In the Company of Dolphins

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Rich Man, Poor Man and Beggarman, Thief book cover

Rich Man, Poor Man and Beggarman, Thief

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Nightwork

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Acceptable Losses book cover

Acceptable Losses

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Bread Upon the Waters

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Lucy Crown

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Two Weeks in Another Town book cover

Two Weeks in Another Town

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The Troubled Air book cover

The Troubled Air

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Voices of a Summer Day book cover

Voices of a Summer Day

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The Young Lions

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Rich Man, Poor Man

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Short Stories

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Evening in Byzantium book cover

Evening in Byzantium

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Beggarman, Thief book cover

Beggarman, Thief

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Brooklyn Noir 2

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