Printer Friendly
The Free Dictionary
990,044,874 visitors served.
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Stone, Irving

   Also found in: Hutchinson 0.06 sec.
Stone, Irving (b. Tannenbaum) (1903–89) writer; born in San Francisco. He changed his surname legally, and was educated at the University of California: Berkeley (B.A. 1923) and the University of Southern California (M.A. 1924). He taught economics at the college level (1923–26), lectured and taught at several other institutions (1948–85), and lived in Los Angeles. Early in his career he wrote plays and detective stories, but after a stay in France, he became a highly successful writer of biographical novels. He is noted for Lust for Life (1934), based on the life of Vincent Van Gogh, and a biography of Michelangelo, The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961).

?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Email
Feedback
? Mentioned in
No references found
 
Encyclopedia browser? ? Full browser
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Disclaimer | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc.
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. Terms of Use.