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Arts & Literature
John Fante
1909–1983Denver, COItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Ask the Dust
Biography
Ask the Dust; Wait Until Spring, Bandini; Charles Bukowski called him his god; LA writer of Italian immigrant life. Ask the Dust rediscovered by Bukowski; became cult classic; influenced generation of writers
Notable For
- Ask the Dust
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini
- Charles Bukowski called him his god
- LA writer of Italian immigrant life
Honors & Recognition
- Ask the Dust rediscovered by Bukowski
- became cult classic
- influenced generation of writers
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Arts & Literature
- Specialty
- Literature/Fiction
- Years
- 1909–1983
- Birth Place
- Denver, CO
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Abruzzo
- Ancestry Verification
- Needs Review
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