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Transcript

JOHN FANTE

AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN WRITER

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who is john fante ?

  • He was born on April 8, 1909 in Denver
  • Poor family of italian immigrants
  • His childhood was marked by discrimination and poverty
  • In the 1930's moved to Los Angeles
  • 1938 : his first novel Wait Until Spring, Bandini

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why we chose john fante for the italian- American Wall of Honour ?

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A unique voice for italian Americans
An inspiring literary style
AN enduring legacy

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AN ENDURING LEGACY
  • he did not enjoy immense success during his life time
  • one of the most important writers of Italian American literature
  • he showed the strength and courage
an inspiring literary style
  • intense writing style
  • its sincerity attracts many readers
  • he inspired Charles Bukowski
A unique voice for Italian American
  • one of the first American writers to speak openly about the Italian immigrant experience
  • talk about : their struggles to intagrate, their dream, their disappointments...
  • he made know a reality that many were unaware
  • Arturo Bandini, character in its story -> show the complexity of Italian-American identity
  • invisible or misunderstood