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Irwin Shapiro (1911–1981) was an American writer and translator of over 40 books, mostly for children and about Americana. ==Biography== Irwin Shapiro was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.〔 〕 Little is known of his background or upbringing. His family probably came from what is now Hungary, since his first published books in the late 1930s are translations from Hungarian. Shapiro studied at the Art Students League in New York City, where he is known to have taken at least one class under Thomas Hart Benton with fellow student Esther Shemitz (who later married Whittaker Chambers). During the Great Depression, he held odd jobs.〔 Shapiro married Edna Richter.〔 She worked in the Works Progress Administration (WPA),〔 in which she was also "an active member of the American Federation of Government Employees Union."〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = InternetArchive.org )〕 According to Shapiro's son, husband and wife were "both deep in the Party." Edna Richter was Moscow correspondent for the ''Daily Worker'' newspaper. With events like the trials of the Great Purge and the Hitler-Stalin Pact, "my parents saw the truth, thanks to Stalin."〔 (Shapiro's brother-in-law, Irving Richter, worked with the United Auto Workers (UAW) and lived much of his life in Detroit. He appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1956, at which time Edna Richter's name and work at the WPA was mentioned.〔) Shapiro and his wife moved to Florida, where he died in 1981.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irwin Shapiro (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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