Howard Fast

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1914-11-11

Deathday 2003-03-12 (88 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Howard Fast

Biography

Fast was born in New York City. His mother, Ida (née Miller), was a British Jewish immigrant, and his father, Barney Fast, was a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant who shortened his name from Fastovsky upon arrival in America. When his mother died in 1923 and his father became unemployed, Howard's youngest brother, Julius, went to live with relatives, while he and his older brother, Jerome, sold newspapers. Howard credited his early voracious reading to a part-time job in the New York Public Library.

Known For

Writer

2004
Spartacus

as Novel

2004
Spartacus

as Novel

2000
The Crossing

as Novel

2000
The Crossing

as Screenplay

1988
April Morning

as Novel

1979
Freedom Road

as Novel

1978
1977
1976
1971
1968
Jigsaw

as Novel

1966
Penelope

as Novel

1965
Mirage

as Novel

1965
Sylvia

as Screenplay

1964
1964
1961
The Defenders

as Writer

1960
Spartacus

as Novel