Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
John Fante

Born: April 8, 1909
Died: May 8, 1983 (aged 74)
Bio: John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent.
Known for:
- Ask the Dust (1939)
- Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1938)
- Dreams from Bunker Hill (1982)
- The brotherhood of the grape (1977)
- The Bandini Quartet