# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-fast
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:24:25.108Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-fast"
name: "Howard Fast"
slug: "howard-fast"
description: "Howard Melvin Fast 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."
tagline: "American novelist (1914–2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard_Fast_age_29.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1914-11-11"
deathDate: "2003-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump