Editing Irving Stone (section)

{{short description|American writer (1903–1989)}}
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{{distinguish|Irving I. Stone}}
{{infobox writer
|name=Irving Stone
|birth_name=Irving Tennenbaum
|birth_date={{birth date|1903|7|14}}
|birth_place=[[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1989|8|26|1903|7|14}}
|death_place=[[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
|occupation=Writer
|education=[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
|spouse=Lona Mosk (divorced)<br>Jean Factor
}}
'''Irving Stone''' (born '''Tennenbaum''';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_6915380/|title=Irving Stone papers, 1945-1985|website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=December 12, 2015|archive-date=December 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229080803/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_6915380/|url-status=dead}}</ref> July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989) was an American writer, chiefly known for his [[biographical novel]]s of noted artists, politicians, and intellectuals. Among the best known are ''[[Lust for Life (novel)|Lust for Life]]'' (1934), about the life of [[Vincent van Gogh]], and ''[[The Agony and the Ecstasy (novel)|The Agony and the Ecstasy]]'' (1961), about [[Michelangelo]].