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Current Exhibit | Exhibit Archive
Current Exhibit
February - September 2011
- John Fante: A Life in the Works
Forgotten in his lifetime, John Fante (1909-1983) is now widely considered one of the great outsider figures of twentieth-century American letters. Fante's autobiographical novels and stories of growing up poor, Catholic, and Italian-American in the xenophobic Colorado of his youth prefigured the later maturation of an ethnically diverse national literature. Likewise, his tragiccomic narratives of youthful desperation and romantic desire in Depression-era Los Angeles—savage, poetic, and ahead of their time—captured the spirit of the city in ways that still resonate today. Together with his satires of the Hollywood film industry, which Fante knew from a 40-year scriptwriting career, these works have become important touchstones in the cultural history of Los Angeles.
Featuring original manuscripts, screenplays, letters, diaries, and assorted other documents, both personal and professional, “John Fante: A Life in the Works” provides a window into Fante’s life, creative process, and literary milieu. The exhibit provides highlights from the John Fante Papers, an important collection acquired by the UCLA Library Special Collections in 2009. A finding aid to the collection is accessible at the Online Archive of California.
Exhibit Archive
2010
- A Letter from the Renaissance
The Double Soul
Ariel Soulé/Simon Toparovsky
a contemporary art installation for UCLA Library Special Collections, August - December 2010
- Archives Alive: Student Discoveries in the Center for Primary Research and Training, April - July 2010
2009
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2006
- Ramona Memories: Tourism and the Shaping of Southern California, December 2005 - April 2006
- Six Hundred Years of Near Eastern Manuscripts, April - May 2006
- Carey McWilliams: California's Advocate of Creative Dissent, June - September 2006
- Isadora: From California to the World, October - December 2006
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