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John Fante

John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent.

By far, his most popular novel is the semi-autobiographical Ask the Dust, the third book in what is now referred to as "The Saga of Arturo Bandini" or "The Bandini Quartet". Bandini served as his alter ego in a total of four novels: Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938), The Road to Los Angeles (chronologically, this is the first novel Fante wrote but it was unpublished until 1985), Ask the Dust (1939), and finally Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982), which was dictated to his wife, Joyce, towards the end of his life. Fante's use of Bandini as his alter ego can be compared to Charles Bukowski's character, Henry Chinaski. Bukowski was heavily influenced by John Fante.

In the late 1970s, at the suggestion of novelist and poet Charles Bukowski, Black Sparrow Press began to republish the (then out-of-print) works of Fante, creating a resurgence in his popularity.

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1909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent

Born 8 April 1909
Died 8 May 1983

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    First published in 1939 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: The brotherhood of the grape: a novel
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    First published in 1977 — 7 editions
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    First published in 1938 — 6 editions
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    First published in 1984 — 5 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 4 editions
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    First published in 2006 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1982 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1991 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
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    First published in 2001 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The John Fante reader
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    Cover of edition johnfantereader0000fant First published in 2002 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1986 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1990 — 2 editions
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    First published in 1985 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: De broederschap van de druif: roman
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    First published in 2014 — 1 edition
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1909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent

Born 8 April 1909
Died 8 May 1983

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, Literature, Bandini, arturo (fictitious character), fiction, American Authors, Arturo Bandini (Fictitious character), Authors, american, Authors, fiction, Correspondence, Fiction, historical, general, Italian americans, fiction, Young men, California, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, romance, general, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, Man-woman relationships, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Screenwriters, Social life and customs, 1900-1945, American Novelists, American letters, Authors, Authors, correspondence

Places

United States, California, Los Angeles (Calif.), Mexico

People

John Fante (1909-), H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (1880-1956), John Fante (1909-1983)

Time

20th century, 1929

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
February 6, 2011 Edited by babbelwurst added bio, links
February 6, 2011 Edited by babbelwurst Added new photo
September 20, 2008 Edited by ImportBot Found a matching Talis record