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Writer
John Fante
- Born April 8, 1909 in Denver, Colorado, USA
- Died May 8, 1983
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.
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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.
Known for
My Dog Stupid2019
Ask the Dust2006
Walk on the Wild Side1962
Wait Until Spring, Bandini1989
Jeanne Eagels1957
Youth Runs Wild1944
My Six Loves1963
Something for a Lonely Man1968
Filmography
- 2019My Dog StupidFilmNovel
- 2006Ask the DustFilmNovel
- 2001A Sad Flower in the SandFilmSelf (archive footage), Writer
- 1989Wait Until Spring, BandiniFilmNovel
- 1989BroadsFilmWriter
- 1968Something for a Lonely ManFilmWriter
- 1966MayaFilmWriter
- 1963My Six LovesFilmScreenplay
- 1962Walk on the Wild SideFilmScreenplay
- 1962The Reluctant SaintFilmWriter
- 1957Jeanne EagelsFilmScreenplay
- 1956Full of LifeFilmScreenplay, Novel
- 1952My Man and IFilmWriter
- 1944Youth Runs WildFilmStory, Screenplay
- 1943It's All TrueFilmScreenplay
- 1940The Golden FleecingFilmStory
- 1935DinkyFilmStory