Howard Fast

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1914. November 11.
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

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...

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