美国作家霍华德·法斯特一九一四年十一月十一日出生于纽约的一个犹太工人的家庭。中学毕业后,他去投考海军,没有录取,于是就到美国南部去做工,回纽约后又在纽约附近一家木场中工作了一段时期.当时,他觉得自己的兴趣是在美术方面,便投考了国立美术学院,录取为免费生.同时,又在纽约公共图书馆当管理员,以维持生活.不久,他发现美术并不能真正发挥他的才能,改事写作并研究历史。一九三二年,他写成他第一部作品「双谷」。可是生 Howard Faest, American writer A family of Jewish workers born in New York on November 11, 1914. After graduating from high school, he went to vote for the Navy and did not apply. He went to work in the South of the United States and returned to work in New York for some time in a kibbutz near New York City. At that time, he felt that his interest was in fine art, Admitted to the National Academy of Fine Arts as a free student, and also worked as an administrator at the New York Public Library in order to maintain his or her life. Soon afterwards, he found that fine arts did not really develop his talents, changed his writing and studied history. In 1932 he wrote his first book, The Valley. But raw