Daniel Smart "Dan" Fante (February 19, 1944 – November 23, 2015) was an American author and playwright. He was born in Los Angeles, California to a family of Italian immigrants.

He was known for his plays Chump Change, Mooch, 86'd and Spitting Off Tall Buildings. His father was writer John Fante. He was also the author of A Gin-Pissing-Raw-Meat-Dual-Carburetor-V8-Son-Of-A-Bitch From Los Angeles, a volume of poetry on Wrecking Ball Press.

Fante died of cancer in Los Angeles, aged 71.^[1][2]

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• Official homepage Archived 2013-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Dan Fante: An American Writer (a documentary directed by Flavio Sciolé) Archived 2014-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
• New York Times review of Short Dog Archived 2007-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
• Interview of Dan Fante on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 29, 2009.
• Interview with Dan Fante by Ben Myers
• Interview with Dan Fante by Tony O'Neill Archived 2006-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
• Interview with Dan Fante by Rob Woodard Archived 2007-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
• Hand-written interview at ifpthendirt Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Interview with Dan Fante by Alex Kudera

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