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John Fante

1909 - 1983

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John Fante (April 8, 1909 – May 8, 1983) was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and is one in a series of four, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet." Ask the Dust was adapted into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Fante's published works while he lived included five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Fante is the 964th most popular writer (down from 859th in 2019), the 1,342nd most popular biography from United States (down from 958th in 2019) and the 106th 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, John Fante ranks 964 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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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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Among people born in United States, John Fante ranks 1,342 out of 20,380. 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 106. 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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