Irving Stone

1903 - 1989

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Southern California, University of California, Berkeley, Manual Arts High School

occupation: writer, novelist, screenwriter, biographer, playwright, opinion journalist

Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his biographical novels of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are Lust for Life (1934), about the life of Vincent van Gogh, and The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), about Michelangelo. Source: Wikipedia (en)