Truman Capote
Novelist, Author
1924 – 1984
Who was Truman Capote?
Truman Streckfus Persons, known as Truman Capote, was an American author, screenwriter and playwright, many of whose short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the true crime novel In Cold Blood, which he labeled a "nonfiction novel." At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced of Capote novels, stories and plays.
Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as a writer by the age of 11, and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. Capote began his professional career writing short stories. The critical success of one story, "Miriam", attracted the attention of Random House publisher Bennett Cerf, and resulted in a contract to write the novel Other Voices, Other Rooms. Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood, a journalistic work about the murder of a Kansas farm family in their home, a book Capote spent four years writing, with much help from Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. A milestone in popular culture, In Cold Blood was the peak of Capote's literary career; it was to be his final fully published book. In the 1970s, he maintained his celebrity status by appearing on television talk shows.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1924
New Orleans - Also known as
- Truman Streckfus Persons
- Mr. Capote
- Capote, Truman
- Bulldog
- Truman Garcia Capote
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jack Dunphy
(1950 - 1984/08/25)
- Jack Dunphy
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Dwight School
- Greenwich High School
- Lived in
- Monroeville
- Fire Island
- New York City
- Louisiana
- Died
- Aug 25, 1984
Bel-Air - Resting place
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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