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John Fante

Born

in Denver, Colorado, The United States

April 08, 1909

Died

May 08, 1983

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Fante's early years were spent in relative poverty. The son of an Italian born father, Nicola Fante, and an Italian-American mother, Mary Capolungo, Fante was educated in various Catholic schools in Boulder and Denver, Colorado, and briefly attended the University of Colorado.

In 1929, he dropped out of college and moved to Southern California to concentrate on his writing. He lived and worked in Wilmington, Long Beach, and in the Bunker Hill district of downtown Los Angeles, California.

He is known to be one of the first writers to portray the tough times faced by many writers in L.A. His work and style has influenced such similar authors as "Poet Laureate of Skid Row" Charles Bukowski and influential beat generation writer Jack Kerouac. He ...more

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	Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) by John Fante, Charles Bukowski (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 41,058 ratings — published 1939 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 15,207 ratings — published 1938 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2) 3.78 avg rating — 8,306 ratings — published 1985 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Brotherhood of the Grape 4.16 avg rating — 6,657 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams from Bunker Hill (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 6,073 ratings — published 1982 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Full of Life: A Definitive Biography of John Fante and His Los Angeles Muse 4.01 avg rating — 4,052 ratings — published 1952 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	1933 Was a Bad Year 4.02 avg rating — 4,014 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	West of Rome really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,464 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wine of Youth: Selected Stories 4.07 avg rating — 2,385 ratings — published 1985	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mon chien Stupide by John Fante, Brice Matthieussent (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 2,059 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Almighty God, I am sorry I am now an atheist, but have You read Nietzsche?”
― John Fante, Ask the Dust

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“You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.”
― John Fante, Ask the Dust

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“I have wanted women whose very shoes are worth all I have ever possessed.”
― John Fante, Ask the Dust

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