Premise: 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 . Additional works , including two novels , two novellas , and two short story collections , were published posthumously .
Hypothesis: John Fante is a person.
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