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Daniel Smart Fante (February 19, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American author and playwright. He was born in
Obituary: Dan Fante, author and playwright
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September 29, 2009.
by Ben Myers
Interview with Dan Fante
by Tony O'Neill
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Daniel Smart Fante (February 19, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American author and playwright. He was born in Los Angeles
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Biography
Fante was the son of novelist John Fante whose writing came back into vogue afterCharles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski ( ; born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, ; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted ...
declared him "my God", and wrote the introduction to the reprint of Fante's seminal novel about life in Los Angeles, '' Ask the Dust''.
''Chump Change'', ''Mooch'', ''86'd'' and ''Spitting Off Tall Buildings'' comprise a tetralogy about Fante's hard living alter-ego Bruno Dante. ''Chump Change'' found publication in France originally, before being published in the US by Sun Dog Press. All four of the books were eventually republished in America by Harper Perennial and by United Kingdom publisher Canongate
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. ''Short Dog'' is a collection of short stories about Fante's life as a cab driver in LA.
Besides novels and short stories, Fante also wrote plays – "The Closer / The Boiler Room" described by the ''Los Angeles Times
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'' as "ferociously profane", and "Don Giovanni", about which '' 3:AM Magazine'' said: ''"For those who want to know what is REALLY going on in post-modern American literature right now, Don Giovanni should be essential reading"''. Both plays are published in book form by Long Beach publisher Burning Shore Press Established in 2005, Burning Shore Press is a publisher of serious "underground" literature and is based in Long Beach, California. It has thus far published the novel ''Heaping Stones'', by Rob Woodard, and the play ''Don Giovanni'', by Dan Fante, ...
. He is also the author of ''A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch From Los Angeles'', a volume of poetry on Wrecking Ball Press
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He died on November 23, 2015, in Los Angeles
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Bibliography
*''Chump Change'' (1998) *''Mooch'' (2001) *''Spitting Off Tall Buildings'' (2002) *''Short Dog: Cab Driver Stories from the L. A. Streets'' (2002) *''Gin Pissing, Raw Meat, Dual Carburettor V-8 Son-of-a-Bitch from Los Angeles'' (2002), poetry *''Renewal'', Bottle of Smoke Press (2005), Short Story *''Don Giovanni: A Play'' (2006) *''Kissed by a Fat Waitress'' (2008), poetry *''86'd'' (2009) *''John Fante & The Hollywood Ten'', Bottle of Smoke Press (2010), Essay *''Fante: A Family's Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving'' (2011) * ''Point Doom'' (2013)References
External links
Official homepage
September 29, 2009.
by Ben Myers
Interview with Dan Fante
by Tony O'Neill
Interview with Dan Fante by Rob Woodard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fante, Dan 20th-century American novelists 1944 births 2015 deaths Writers from Los Angeles 21st-century American novelists 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male novelists American male dramatists and playwrights American male short story writers 20th-century American short story writers 21st-century American short story writers 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers