Personal Life
Fante was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1909, to his father, Nicola Fante, and his mother, Mary Capolungo. He attended various Catholic schools in Boulder, Colorado, before briefly enrolling at the University of Colorado. He dropped out of college in 1929 and moved to Southern California to focus on his writing. He wrote about writing and the people and places where he lived and worked, which included Wilmington, Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, the Bunker Hill district of downtown Los Angeles, California, as well as various homes in Hollywood, Echo Park and Malibu. Diabetes cost him his eyesight and led to the amputation of both legs. He died in 1983.
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