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John Fante

John Fante

Known For Writing
Birthday Apr 08, 1909
Died May 08, 1983 (74)
Birthplace Denver, Colorado, USA
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Jun 29, 2024
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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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Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

2006

Novel

Maya

Maya

1966

Writer

My Six Loves

My Six Loves

1963

Screenplay

The Reluctant Saint

The Reluctant Saint

1962

Writer

Walk on the Wild Side

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

Screenplay

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

1957

Screenplay

Full of Life

Full of Life

1956

Screenplay, Novel

My Man and I

My Man and I

1952

Writer

Youth Runs Wild

Youth Runs Wild

1944

Screenplay, Story

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Story

Dinky

Dinky

1935

Story

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