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person_profile-John Fante

John Fante Died at age: 74

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

John Fante

Date of Birth:

Apr 08, 1909

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 08, 1983

Biography of

John Fante

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an Italian-American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of a struggling writer, Arturo Bandini, in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel and is one in a series of four novels, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet". Ask the Dust was adapted into a film made in 2006, starring Colin Farrell. In his lifetime, Fante published five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screenwriting credits include, most notably, Full of Life (1956), based on his 1952 novel by that name, Jeanne Eagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint.

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John Fante

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Filmography of

John Fante

Found 1 Movies in total

A Sad Flower in the Sand

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

Writer

... 2001