- During World War II he worked with the United States Office of War Information, writing for Voice of America. He was also a member of the Communist Party from 1943-56, receiving a three-months prison sentence for contempt of Congress in 1947. While incarcerated, he began writing his most famous novel, "Spartacus".
- American author of action-packed historical novels, usually written from the viewpoint of the oppressed.
- Grandfather of Molly Jong-Fast and Ben Fast.
- Father-in-law of Erica Jong.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 175-177. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
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