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John Fante

1909 - 1983

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His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. John Fante is the 963rd most popular writer (down from 859th in 2024), the 1,343rd most popular biography from United States (down from 958th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Writer.

John Fante is most famous for his novels, Ask the Dust and Wait Until Spring, Bandini.

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Among Writers

Among writers, John Fante ranks 963 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Weiss, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Silius Italicus, John Updike, Panait Istrati, and Juliette Récamier. After him are Benito Pérez Galdós, Gaius Asinius Pollio, Frank Wedekind, Aimé Césaire, Cormac McCarthy, and Ambrose Bierce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, John Fante ranks 39. Before him are Oldřich Nejedlý, Colonel Tom Parker, Marinus van der Lubbe, Miep Gies, Juan Vicente Pérez, and Teiichi Matsumaru. After him are Leo Fender, Alain Poher, Virginia Apgar, Tokizo Ichihashi, Jessica Tandy, and Hélder Câmara. Among people deceased in 1983, John Fante ranks 32. Before him are Anna Seghers, Aleksandar Ranković, Gloria Swanson, George O. Abell, Luis Monti, and Mercè Rodoreda. After him are Pridi Banomyong, Gerhard Barkhorn, Kenneth Clark, George Balanchine, Vladimir Gelfand, and Klaus Nomi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Fante ranks 1,343 out of NaN. Before him are Willie Nelson (1933), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Updike (1932), Mary Jackson (1921), Ray Kurzweil (1948), and Usher (1978). After him are Oliver Wolcott Jr. (1760), William Barr (1950), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Andrew Dickson White (1832), Cormac McCarthy (1933), and Jack Kirby (1917).

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Among Writers In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Fante ranks 105. Before him are John Jacob Astor IV (1864), Daniel Keyes (1927), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Virginia Satir (1916), Horatio Alger (1832), and John Updike (1932). After him are Cormac McCarthy (1933), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Raymond Carver (1938), Sherwood Anderson (1876), Thomas Wolfe (1900), and John Grisham (1955).

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