John Fante

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born

in Boulder, Colorado, The United States

April 08, 1909

died

May 08, 1983

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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, 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 writer Jack Kerouac. He was proclaimed by Time...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 20,878 ratings · 1,237 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors

	Ask the Dust by John Fante, Charles Bukowski (Introduction) 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 9,050 ratings — published 1939 — 41 editions	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 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 3,413 ratings — published 1938 — 28 editions	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 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,844 ratings — published 1985 — 18 editions	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 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 1,411 ratings — published 1982 — 20 editions	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 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — published 1977 — 17 editions	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 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 874 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions	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 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 772 ratings — published 1940 — 13 editions	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 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 1952 — 19 editions	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 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 1985 — 21 editions	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 Big Hunger by John Fante, Stephen Cooper (Editor) 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 2000 — 8 editions	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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The Saga of Arthur Bandini (4 books)
by John Fante
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Quotes by John Fante

“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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“So fuck you, Los Angeles, fuck your palm trees, and your highassed women, and your fancy streets, for I am going home, back to Colorado, back to the best damned town in the USA - Boulder, Colorado.”
― John Fante

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“Los Angeles, give me some of you! Los Angeles come to me the way I came to you, my feet over your streets, you pretty town I loved you so much, you sad flower in the sand, you pretty town!”
― John Fante

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