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Howard Fast (1914–2003)

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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, toon meer 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) toon minder
Ontwarringsbericht:

(eng) E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson are pseudonyms for Howard Melvin Fast.

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Een ochtend in april (1961) 788 exemplaren
The Immigrants (1977) 607 exemplaren
Spartacus (1951) 494 exemplaren
Second Generation (1978) 327 exemplaren
Citizen Tom Paine (1943) 292 exemplaren
The Establishment (1979) 278 exemplaren
The Legacy (1981) 223 exemplaren
The Jews: Story of a People (1968) 221 exemplaren
The Immigrant's Daughter (1985) 198 exemplaren
Freedom Road (1944) 190 exemplaren
The Outsider (1984) 190 exemplaren
Max (1982) 156 exemplaren
The Edge of Tomorrow (1961) 149 exemplaren
My Glorious Brothers (1947) 140 exemplaren
The Pledge (1965) 124 exemplaren
An independent woman (1997) 124 exemplaren
The Dinner Party (1987) 120 exemplaren
De laatste tocht (1941) 115 exemplaren
Being Red (1990) 100 exemplaren
The Hessian (1972) 95 exemplaren
The General Zapped an Angel (1970) 91 exemplaren
A Touch of Infinity (1973) 85 exemplaren
Redemption (1999) 80 exemplaren
Moses: Prince of Egypt (1958) 79 exemplaren
The Unvanquished (1942) 78 exemplaren
The Confession of Joe Cullen (1989) 71 exemplaren
The Crossing (1971) 70 exemplaren
Greenwich (2000) 69 exemplaren
The Case of the Russian Diplomat (1978) 62 exemplaren
Agrippa's dochter (1964) 58 exemplaren
The Case of the Sliding Pool (1981) 58 exemplaren
Haym Salomon,: Son of liberty (1941) 54 exemplaren
The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs (1979) 53 exemplaren
Case of the Murdered Mackenzie (1984) 48 exemplaren
The Case of the Kidnapped Angel (1982) 43 exemplaren
The Case of the Angry Actress (1967) 41 exemplaren
Sylvia (1960) 41 exemplaren
The Winston Affair (1959) 39 exemplaren
The Crossing [2000 film] (2000) — Screenwriter — 34 exemplaren
Conceived in Liberty (1939) 33 exemplaren
Goethals and the Panama Canal (1942) 33 exemplaren
The Art of Zen Meditation (1977) 32 exemplaren
Torquemada (1966) 32 exemplaren
The Trial of Abigail Goodman (1993) 31 exemplaren
Mirage (1965) 29 exemplaren
Sally (1705) 28 exemplaren
The Bridge Builder's Story (1995) 26 exemplaren
Bunker Hill (2001) 26 exemplaren
Masuto Investigates, Volume 1 (2000) 21 exemplaren
The Magic Door (1968) 17 exemplaren
Shirley (1964) 17 exemplaren
Phyllis (1962) 16 exemplaren
Silas Timberman (1954) 16 exemplaren
The romance of a people (1941) 15 exemplaren
The Wabash Factor (1986) 15 exemplaren
Spain and Peace (1951) 14 exemplaren
The children (1947) 14 exemplaren
The Proud and the Free (1950) 14 exemplaren
Power (1966) 14 exemplaren
Penelope (1965) 13 exemplaren
The Tall Hunter (1942) 12 exemplaren
Cynthia (1969) 12 exemplaren
Lydia (1970) 12 exemplaren
Margie (1966) 12 exemplaren
Masuto: The Hollywood Murders (2001) 9 exemplaren
The hunter and the trap, (1967) 9 exemplaren
Alice (1969) 9 exemplaren
Place In The City (2011) 9 exemplaren
Literature and reality (1950) 8 exemplaren
Departure and other stories (1949) 8 exemplaren
Sciopero a Clarkton (1947) 8 exemplaren
Strange Yesterday : A Novel (2011) 7 exemplaren
Helen (1968) 6 exemplaren
The Bookman 6 exemplaren
Millie: A Novel (1973) 6 exemplaren
Des del futur (1976) 5 exemplaren
The Large Ant [short fiction] (1959) 4 exemplaren
Il vento di San Francisco (2015) 3 exemplaren
May day 1947 3 exemplaren
LA Hija Del Immigrante (1988) 3 exemplaren
Cato the Martian {short story} (1960) 2 exemplaren
Cephes 5 (1973) 2 exemplaren
Köprülerim (2015) 2 exemplaren
El Extrano (Spanish Edition) (1996) 2 exemplaren
SUCSUZLAR "SACCO ILE VANZETTI" (1998) 2 exemplaren
Penélope 1 exemplaar
Oh] lydia... (1970) 1 exemplaar
Samar Gatha 1 exemplaar
TARAMUL SPERANTEI 1 exemplaar
The Egg [short story] (1973) 1 exemplaar
A Talent of Harvey [novelette] (1973) 1 exemplaar
Le facteur Crésus (1986) 1 exemplaar
The Mind of God [short story] (1973) 1 exemplaar
The Wound 1 exemplaar
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Show Cause [short story] (1973) 1 exemplaar
A Matter of Size [short story] (1973) 1 exemplaar
The Price [short story] (1973) 1 exemplaar
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UFO [short story] (1973) 1 exemplaar
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La ultima cena 1 exemplaar
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Officiële naam
Fast, Howard Melvin
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Cunningham, E. V.
Ericson, Walter
Geboortedatum
1914-11-11
Overlijdensdatum
2003-03-12
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
Manhattan, New York, USA
Plaats van overlijden
Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Woonplaatsen
California, USA
Teaneck, New Jersey, USA
Beroepen
novelist
television writer
Relaties
Fast, Julius (brother)
Sher, Barbara (sister-in-law)
Fast, Jonathan (son)
Jong, Erica (former daughter-in-law)
Jong-Fast, Molly (granddaughter)
Organisaties
American Communist Party
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Stalin International Peace Prize (1953)
Ontwarringsbericht
E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson are pseudonyms for Howard Melvin Fast.

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2 stories both flawed a bit by 70,s era dialogue but with interesting plotting
 
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cspiwak | Mar 6, 2024 |
The revolts of the slaves trapped in the Roman Empire have been a fertile ground for leftish writers. Howard Fast's take on the last big save revolt, is competent, but I prefer the version by Alfred Duggan, or the rather sentimental film script by Dalton Trumbo.
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DinadansFriend | 6 andere besprekingen | Feb 19, 2024 |
Good book but ended on a surprisingly downbeat feel. Actually, the whole thing was pretty downbeat, which isn't a huge surprise given the content, but usually these books pull it back up into happy land for the ending. I think I respect the writer more for keeping it like this.
 
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blueskygreentrees | Jul 30, 2023 |
Este es un magnifico canto a la libertad del pueblo judio, protagonizado por los hijos de matatias, adon del pueblo de Modin. Los cinco 'gloriosos hermanos' encabezan la rebelion contra las tropas sirio-griegas a las ordenes de Antioco IV (175-164 a.e, un monarca que pretendia gobernar Judea segun los esquemas helenisticos, y que habia abolido la tradicional teocracia que permitia a los judios gozar de una relativa autonomia. Una lucha larga y dura que pondra a prueba la unidad de todo un pueblo, y que por primera vez en su larga historia estara a punto de provocar la desaparicion del judaismo.El gran merito de esta obra reside en su autenticidad. Sin pretensiones maniqueas y con una honestidad a toda prueba, Fast plantea la busqueda de la libertad como una necesidad vital para la supervivencia de los oprimidos, y analiza minuciosamente las campanas militares, los conflictos personales y politicos de los lideres, la asimilacion del helenismo por parte de los judios ricos de Jerusalen, y el excepcional drama que surge del enfrentamiento entre dos modos tan dispares de entender el mundo, la sociedad y la religion.… (meer)
 
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Natt90 | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 29, 2023 |

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Leden
7,304
Populariteit
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