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- On October 13, 2009, Los Angeles City Council member Jan Perry put forward a motion, seconded by Jose Huizar, that the intersection of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue be designated John Fante Square. The site is outside the Los Angeles Central Library frequented by the young Fante, and where Charles Bukowski discovered Ask The Dust.
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On April 8, 2010, the author's 101st birthday, the Fante Square sign was unveiled in a noon ceremony attended by Fante's family, fans and city officials. Fante Square is located near the old Bunker Hill neighborhood he wrote about, and where he also lived. [21] [22]
Sep 17, 2024 · In 2010, the city of Los Angeles named the intersection of 5th and Grand (outside the Los Angeles Central Library, where Bukowski had first read Ask The Dust) “John Fante Square.”
Apr 9, 2010 · Books. For John Fante, it’s hip to get a square in downtown Los Angeles. By Carolyn Kellogg. April 9, 2010 12 AM PT. At 11 a.m. Thursday morning, Los Angeles Councilwoman Jan Perry gathered...
On April 8, 2010, the City of Los Angeles officially designated the corner of Fifth and Grand at the foot of Bunker Hill as John Fante Square. This is a film...
Apr 8, 2010 · On what would have been the 101st birthday of writer John Fante, 5th and Grand was named John Fante Square. Family, friends, fans and Councilwoman Jan Perry came to honor the memory of the writer who once lived in Bunker Hill.
Informed by primary research into the John Fante papers at UCLA Library Special Collections and beyond, this essay explains how in falling victim to political pressures of the Second World War, the novel gains significance that remains relevant to our own age today.
Mar 4, 2010 · You are cordially invited to gather with John Fante’s family and fans for a celebration of the 101st anniversary of the author’s birth, as Councilmember Jan Perry (CD 9) officially re-names the intersection of 5th Street & Grand Avenue John Fante Square.
