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Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson . Biography [ edit ]
Howard Fast was one of the popular American author and television write, who was famous for writing his books based on the historical fiction genre. He was born on November 11, 1914, and died on March 12, 2003. Author Fast sometimes uses the pen names Walter Ericson and E.V. Cunningham for writing some of his novels.
Mar 13, 2003 · Howard Melvin Fast was born Nov. 11, 1914, in Manhattan, one of four children of a working-class couple. His father, Barney, was first an ironworker, then a cable-car conductor, then a garment worker.
Mar 12, 2003 · Howard Fast was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the ...
May 21, 2018 · Howard Fast has written in virtually every genre — novels, plays, poems, filmscripts, critical essays and short stories — and in a number of subgenres of fiction, including science fiction, social satire, historical and contemporary novels, spy thrillers, and moral allegories. He began publishing novels at the age of eighteen and has kept ...
Dec 6, 2019 · By Mark Harris. December 6, 2019. In 1950, Joseph McCarthy tried to silence Howard Fast. It was a fool’s errand. Called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Fast refused to name names, served three months in prison for contempt of Congress, and had to resort for some time to a pseudonym to survive the blacklist. It ...
Mar 14, 2003 · Eric Homberger. Thu 13 Mar 2003 21.46 EST. The writer Howard Fast, who has died aged 88, was the last surviving American recipient of the Stalin peace prize. His first novel appeared at the height ...
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