Howard Fast
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American novelist (1914–2003)
OverviewAI-generated
Howard Fast (1914–2003) was an author who published 177 works. His notable titles include *Il cittadino Tom Paine*, *Histoires de Surhommes*, *Three names for Fascists*, *Silas Timberman*, and *The proud and the free*. He also wrote under the pseudonyms "E. V. Cunningham", "Walter Ericson", and "Behn Boruch".
Born on November 11, 1914, Fast died on March 12, 2003. His bibliography is referenced by 356 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- November 11, 1914
- Died
- March 12, 2003
- Works
- 177
Top works
- Il cittadino Tom Paine
- Histoires de Surhommes
- Three names for Fascists
- Silas Timberman
- The proud and the free
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 35
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- <i>OLEX2</i>: a complete structure solution, refinement and analysis program
· 2009 · cited 31,413x
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: A Brief Screening Tool For Mild Cognitive Impairment
· 2005 · cited 21,944x
- MobileNetV2: Inverted Residuals and Linear Bottlenecks
· 2018 · cited 21,919x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 21,261x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,444x
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Key facts
- Born
- Howard Melvin Fast , ( 1914-11-11 ) November 11, 1914, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- March 12, 2003 (2003-03-12) (aged 88), Greenwich, Connecticut , U.S.
- Pen name
- E.V. Cunningham, Walter Ericson
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Period
- 20th century
- Genre
- Historical fiction
- Notable works
- The Last Frontier , Spartacus , April Morning
- Spouse
- Bette Cohen (1937–1994; her death; 2 children), Mercedes O'Connor (1999–2003; his death)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Howard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Old Greenwich
- Child
- Jonathan Fast
- Occupation
- prose writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Howard Fast, author of Citizen Tom Paine, addressing the high school. 8d30923v.jpg
Show 7 more facts
- date of death
- 2003-03-12
- date of birth
- 1914-11-11
- pseudonym
- Behn Boruch
- Commons category
- Howard Fast
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Howard Melvin Fast
- Commons Creator page
- Howard Fast
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Encyclopedic overview
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. He was jailed after testifying before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Howard Fast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.