Howard Fast (1914–2003)
Author of April Morning
About the Author
Howard Fast was born on November 11, 1914 in Manhattan. At the age of 17, he sold his first story to Amazing Stories magazine. The next year he sold his first novel, Two Villages, to the Dial Press for a $100 advance. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 80 books, including Conceived in Liberty, show more The Unvanquished, Citizen Tom Paine, Freedom Road, April Morning, The Immigrants, Second Generation, The Establishment, The Legacy, and Greenwich. He won the Stalin International Peace Prize in 1953. A member of the Communist party, he served three months in a federal prison in 1950 for refusing to testify about his political activity. Blacklisted as a result, he founded his own publishing house, Blue Heron Press, which released his novel Spartacus in 1951. In 1957, he wrote a book about his political experiences entitled The Naked God. He also wrote a series of detective stories under the name E. V. Cunningham. He died on March 12, 2003 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson are pseudonyms for Howard Melvin Fast.
Image credit: Howard Fast (1914-2003) from Life in Legacy
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Works by Howard Fast
The Call of Fife and Drum: Three Novels of the Revolution, the Unvanquished, Conceived in Liberty, the Proud and the… (1987) 10 copies
The Bookman 6 copies
The First Men [short story] 6 copies
Aadividrohi (Spartacus) 3 copies
May day 1947 3 copies
The Masao Masuto Mysteries Volume Two: The Case of the Sliding Pool, The Case of the Kidnapped Angel, and The Case of… (2018) 3 copies
The Hollywood blacklist 2 copies
RARE 1945 FREEDOM ROAD HOWARD FAST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION AFRICAN AMERICAN [Hardcover] HOWARD FAST 1 copy
Die Kunst der Zen-Meditation 1 copy
Biblioteca de selecciones. Sally. El capricho del rey. Christiaan Barnard, mi vida. La selva cruel 1 copy
Penélope 1 copy
Samar Gatha 1 copy
স্বপ্ন যুদ্ধ স্বাধীনতা 1 copy
TARAMUL SPERANTEI 1 copy
The Wound 1 copy
الحشرة الغريبة 1 copy
The Imigrants 1 copy
Lugar de sacrificio 1 copy
La ultima cena 1 copy
O jantar do senador 1 copy
Collected Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction: The General Zapped an Angel and A Touch of Infinity (2018) 1 copy
Immigranterne - Bind II 1 copy
Konec stopy 1 copy
Sahitya Aur Yatharth 1 copy
SOLDADO DE HESSE - EL 1 copy
המימסד 1 copy
המהגרים 1 copy
הדור השני 1 copy
Le Serment 1 copy
The Edge of tomorrow 1 copy
Associated Works
The Jewish caravan : great stories of twenty-five centuries (1935) — Contributor, some editions — 130 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1969, Vol. 37, No. 5 (1969) — Contributor — 14 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1960, Vol. 18, No. 6 (1960) — Contributor — 11 copies
Our lives : American labor stories — Contributor — 6 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: In The Frame • Baker's Hawk • Bring on the Empty Horses • Lord of the Far Island… (1976) 4 copies
Reader's Digest Auswahlbücher 81 - Sturm ist ihre Ernte. Nehmen Sie platz. Der Trommelknab. Shiralee (1974) — Contributor — 1 copy
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Flood • Sadie Shapiro, Matchmaker • Passage West • The Hessian — Author — 1 copy
The Time of Your Life: An Anthology of Short Stories — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Fast, Howard Melvin
- Other names
- Cunningham, E. V.
Ericson, Walter - Birthdate
- 1914-11-11
- Date of death
- 2003-03-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- California, USA
Teaneck, New Jersey, USA - Occupations
- novelist
television writer - Relationships
- Fast, Julius (brother)
Sher, Barbara (sister-in-law)
Fast, Jonathan (son)
Jong, Erica (former daughter-in-law)
Jong-Fast, Molly (granddaughter) - Organizations
- American Communist Party
- Awards and honors
- Stalin International Peace Prize (1953)
- Disambiguation notice
- E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson are pseudonyms for Howard Melvin Fast.
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- Works
- 174
- Also by
- 48
- Members
- 7,307
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 749
- Languages
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