Howard Melvin Fast (11. novembar 1914 – 12. mart 2003) bio je američki književnik, filmski i televizijski scenarist, koji je također pisao pod pseudonimima E. V. Cunningham i Walter Ericson. Najpoznatiji je kao autor historijskog romana Spartacus koji je ekraniziran u obliku znamenitog holivudskog spektakla iz 1960. Fast je po svom opredijeljenju bio komunist, a roman je napisao u zatvoru gdje je izdržavao kaznu zbog odbijanja suradnje sa HUAC-om u doba tzv. Druge crvene panike.
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| Rođenje | Howard Melvin Fast
(1914-11-11)11. 11. 1914.
New York |
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| Smrt | 12. 3. 2003. (dob: 88)
Greenwich, Connecticut |
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| Pseudonim | E. W. Cunningham
Walter Ericson |
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| Nacionalnost | američka |
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| Zanimanje | romanopisac, filmski i televizijski scenarist |
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| Književne vrste | historijski žanr |
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Zatvori
Fastov sin Jonathan Fast, je također romanopisac, koji je neko vrijeme bio u braku s poznatom književnicom Ericom Jong; njihova kćer Molly Jong-Fast se također bavi pisanjem.
Publicistika
- The incredible Tito New York; Magazine House (1944)
- Never to forget, the battle of the Warsaw Ghetto with William Gropper [New York? : Book League of Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order, I.W.O., 1946
- May Day, 1947 New York : United May Day Committee, 1947
- Intellectuals in the fight for peace New York : Masses & Mainstream (1949)
- Spain and peace New York, N.Y. : Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, (1951)
- Peekskill USA: a personal experience [New York] : Civil Rights Congress, 1951
- Jews – Story of People (1982) ISBN 0-440-34444-1
Autobiografija
- Being Red (1990)
- The Naked God: The Writer and the Communist Party (1957)
Romani
- Two Valleys (1933)
- Strange Yesterday (1934)
- Place in the City (1937)
- Conceived in Liberty; a novel of Valley Forge (1939)
- The Last Frontier (1941)
- Haym Solomon: Son of Liberty (1941)
- The Unvanquished (1942)
- Citizen Tom Paine (1943)
- Freedom Road (1944)
- The American: A Middle Western Legend (1946)
- Clarkton (1947)
- The Children (1947)
- My Glorious Brothers (1948)
- The Proud and the Free (1950)
- Spartacus (1951) ISBN 1-56324-599-X
- Fallen Angel (1952) (pod imenom Walter Ericson)
- Tony and the Wonderful Door (1952)
- The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti, a New England legend (1953)
- Silas Timberman (1954)
- The Story of Lola Gregg (1956)
- Moses, Prince of Egypt (1958)
- The Winston Affair (1959)
- The Golden River (1960)
- Sylvia (1960) [pod pseudonimom E.V. Cunningham]
- April Morning (1961)
- Power (1962)
- Agrippa's Daughter (1964)
- Helen (1966) [kao E.V. Cunningham]
- Torquemada (1966)
- Sally (1967) [kao E.V. Cunningham]
- The Crossing (film) (1971)
- The Hessian (1972)
- The Immigrants (1977)
- Second Generation (1978)
- The Establishment (1979)
- The Legacy (1981)
- Max (1982)
- The Outsider (1984)
- The Immigrant's Daughter (1985)
- The Dinner Party (1987)
- The Pledge (1988)
- The Confession of Joe Cullen (1989)
- The Trial of Abigail Goodman (1993)
- Seven Days in June (1994)
- The Bridge Builder's Story (1995)
- An Independent Woman (1997)
- Redemption (1999)
- Greenwich (2000) ISBN 0-15-100620-2
- Bunker Hill (2001)
Kriminalistički romani o Masao Masutou (kao E.V. Cunningham)
- Samantha (1967) [kasnije objavljen kao The Case of the Angry Actress]
- The Case of the One-Penny Orange (1977)
- The Case of the Russian Diplomat (1978)
- The Case of the Poisoned Eclairs (1979)
- The Case of the Sliding Pool (1981)
- The Case of the Kidnapped Angel (1982)
- The Case of the Murdered Mackenzie (1984)
Priče
- Departure and Other Stories (1938; nova verzija 1977)
- The First Men (1960)
- The Large Ant (1960)
- The Edge of Tomorrow (1961) (SF)
- Time and the Riddle: 31 Zen Stories (1975)
- Mirage (1965) (po romanu Fallen Angel, originalno objavljenom pod pseudonimom Walter Ericson)
- The Crossing (2000) (po romanu The Crossing iz 1971.)
