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Irwin Shaw

1913 - 1984

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Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irwin Shaw has received more than 381,789 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Irwin Shaw is the 1,062nd most popular writer (down from 946th in 2019), the 1,269th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,039th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Writer.

Irwin Shaw was a prolific American playwright, author, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels The Young Lions and Rich Man, Poor Man.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

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  • 60.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,062 out of 5,755Before him are Erskine Caldwell, Joan Didion, Guido Cavalcanti, Robert Graves, Leonid Andreyev, and Adalberon. After him are Branislav Nušić, Cormac McCarthy, Kazi Nazrul Islam, W. H. Auden, Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, and Madeleine de Scudéry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Irwin Shaw ranks 57Before him are Vinicius de Moraes, Mary Ainsworth, Richard Stone, Stanley Kramer, Paul Grice, and Gerda Christian. After him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Xi Zhongxun, Otto Wichterle, Jan Kubiš, Benjamin Bloom, and Peter Cushing. Among people deceased in 1984, Irwin Shaw ranks 35Before him are Martin Ryle, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Vicente Aleixandre, Stanislaw Ulam, Karl Rahner, and Jackie Coogan. After him are Moshé Feldenkrais, Henri Michaux, Oskar Werner, Joseph Losey, Tito Gobbi, and Brassaï.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 1,269 out of 18,182Before him are Alan J. Heeger (1936), Lisa Kudrow (1963), John Forsythe (1918), Joan Didion (1934), Dennis Rader (1945), and Joseph Erlanger (1874). After him are Anthony Mann (1906), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Joseph Kosuth (1945), John Brown (1800), John Foster Dulles (1888), and J. J. Cale (1938).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Irwin Shaw ranks 128Before him are Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Will Durant (1885), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), Fredric Brown (1906), Erskine Caldwell (1903), and Joan Didion (1934). After him are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Edith Wharton (1862), Nora Roberts (1950), Harry Harrison (1925), Virginia Henderson (1897), and Michael Connelly (1956).