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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 .
Ask the Dust is the most popular novel of American author John Fante, first published in 1939 and set during the Great Depression era in Los Angeles. It is one of a series of novels featuring the character Arturo Bandini as Fante's alter ego, a young Italian-American from Colorado struggling to make it as a writer in Los Angeles.
John Dillinger: Lawrence Tierney: François Villon: François Villon: Serge Reggiani: The Dolly Sisters: Janszieka "Jenny" Dolly: Betty Grable: Rozsika "Rosie" Dolly: June Haver: The Great John L. John L. Sullivan: Greg McClure: God Is My Co-Pilot: Robert Lee Scott Jr. Dennis Morgan: Incendiary Blonde: Texas Guinan: Betty Hutton: Ivan the ...
John David Battaglia Jr. [4] (August 2, 1955 – February 1, 2018) [2] [5] was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Texas for killing his two young daughters in May 2001 in an act of "ultimate revenge" against his estranged ex-wife, Mary Jeane Pearle, who had separated from him after his numerous instances of assault and violence.
Renn Woods (born Ren Woods; January 1, 1958) is an American film, television and stage actress, vocalist and songwriter.She is best known for her role as Fanta in Roots, for her performance of "Aquarius" in the film version of Hair (1979) [1] and as Edie in the TV series Beauty and the Beast (1987–1989).
According to the book Roots, Kunta Kinte was born circa 1750 in the Mandinka village of Jufureh, in the Gambia.He was raised in a Muslim family. [4] [5] In 1767, while Kunta was searching for wood to make a drum for himself, four men chased him, surrounded him, and took him captive.
John Simmons Barth (/ b ɑːr θ /; [1] May 27, 1930 – April 2, 2024) was an American writer best known for his postmodern and metafictional fiction. His most highly regarded and influential works were published in the 1960s, and include The Sot-Weed Factor, a whimsical retelling of Maryland's colonial history; Giles Goat-Boy, a satirical fantasy in which a university is a microcosm of the ...
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale is a 2009 American documentary film about actor John Cazale, directed by Richard Shepard and produced by Brett Ratner, Stacey Reiss and Shepard. [ 1 ] Background