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John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles .
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- Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) by John Fante, Charles Bukowski (Introduction)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)
- The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2)
- The Brotherhood of the Grape.
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles.
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Apr 30, 2024 · John Fante (born April 8, 1909, Denver, Colo., U.S. —died May 8, 1983, Woodland Hills, Calif.) was a U.S. writer. Born to Italian immigrant parents, Fante moved to Los Angeles in the early 1930s.
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Jun 3, 2009 · American novelist John Fante, whose novels celebrating the grittier side of Los Angeles are credited for inspiring the works of Charles Bukowski and Jack Kerouac, would have been 100 years old...
Learn about John Fante, a 20th century American writer of Italian origin who wrote novels, short stories and screenplays. His semi-autobiographical novel, Ask the Dust, is a classic of American literature and inspired many other writers.
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John Fante was a second-generation Italian-American writer and a cult figure in American literature. He wrote novels such as Ask the Dust and The Road to Los Angeles, influenced by his father's emigration from Abruzzo and his own experience of Los Angeles.
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