John Fante

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia John Fante April 8 1909 May 8 1983 was an ItalianAmerican novelist short story writer and screenwriter He is best known for his semiautobiographical novel Ask the Dust 1939 about the life of a struggling writer Arturo Bandini in Depressionera 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