Norman Corwin adapted Lust for Life.
Lust for Life ( 1956 ) is a MGM ( Metrocolor ) biographical film about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh , based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Irving Stone and adapted by Norman Corwin . Norman Corwin . Corwin won a One World Award , two Peabody Medals , an Emmy , a Golden Globe , a duPont-Columbia Award ; he was nominated for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay for Lust for Life ( 1956 ) .