John Fante

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born

April 08, 1909

died

May 08, 1983

place of birth

Colorado, United States

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Born in Colorado, 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...more

books by John Fante

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avg rating: 4.09 | 3149 ratings | 41 distinct works

	Ask the Dust (P.S.) by John Fante avg rating 4.19 — 980 ratings — published 2006 17 editions	my rating:
	The Road to Los Angeles (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 3.92 — 280 ratings — published 1985 6 editions	my rating:
	Dreams from Bunker Hill (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 4.05 — 241 ratings — published 1982 7 editions	my rating:
	The Brotherhood of the Grape (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 4.00 — 137 ratings — published 2005 8 editions	my rating:
	Full of Life (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 3.91 — 129 ratings — published 1988 2 editions	my rating:
	West of Rome: Two Novellas (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 3.85 — 106 ratings — published 1986 3 editions	my rating:
	The Big Hunger: Stories 1932-1959 (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 3.91 — 77 ratings — published 2000 2 editions	my rating:
	Wait Until Spring, Bandini ("Rebel Inc." Classics) by John Fante avg rating 4.14 — 51 ratings — published 1999 10 editions	my rating:
	The Bandini Quartet (Paperback) by John Fante avg rating 4.30 — 23 ratings — published 2004	my rating:
	The John Fante Reader (Paperback) by John Fante, Stephen Cooper avg rating 4.08 — 24 ratings — published 2003 2 editions	my rating:

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quotes by John Fante

"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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"We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work. And when I answered, it was a pretense. I was not interested in my work either. There was only one thing that interested us, and she knew it. She had made it plain by her coming."
— John Fante (Ask the Dust)

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