Who is known more for their biographical novels, Irving Stone or Elinor Lipman?
Irving Stone Irving Stone (born Tennenbaum, July 14, 1903, San Francisco, California – August 26, 1989, Los Angeles) 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.
Lipman Bers Lipman "Lipa" Bers (Latvian: "Lipmans Berss"; May 22, 1914 – October 29, 1993) was an American mathematician born in Riga who created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked on Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. He was also known for his work in human rights activism.