Truman Capote (1924–1984)
Author of In Cold Blood
About the Author
Truman Capote, 1924 - 1984 Novelist and playwright Truman Streckfus Person was born in 1924 in New Orleans to a salesman and a 16-year-old beauty queen. His parents divorced when he was four years old and was then raised by relatives for a few years in Monroeville. His mother was remarried to a show more successful businessman, moved to New York, and Truman adopted his stepfather's surname. He attended Greenwich High School and never went to college. When he was 17, Capote's formal education ended when he was employed at The New Yorker magazine. He belived he did not need to go to college to be a writer, since he was writing seriously since age 11. Capote's first novel was "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (1948), which told the story of a boy growing up in the Deep South. "The Grass Harp" (1951) is about a young boy and his elderly cousin discovering that some compromise is necessary for people to live together in a community and was adapted to screen in 1996. The play "The House of Flowers" (1954) is a musical set in a West Indies bordello. Capote then wrote, "Breakfast at Tiffanys" (1958), which tells the story of how Holly Golightly goes to New York seeking happiness. Capote became preoccupied with journalism and, sparked by the murder of a wealthy family in Holcomb, Kansas, began interviewing the locals to recreate the lives of the murderers and their victims. The research and writing for this novel, "In Cold Blood" (1966), took six years for him to complete. Other works of Capote's include the classic "A Christmas Memory" (1966), which is an autobiographical account of a seven-year-old boy, his cousin, and an eccentric old lady, "Music for Chameleons" (1981), which is a collection of short pieces, interviews, stories and conversations that were published in several magazines, and "One Christmas" (1982). On August 26, 1984 in Los Angeles, Truman Capote died of liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication. Published after his death were "Conversations With Capote" (1985) and "Answered Prayers: The Untitled Novel" (1986). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Truman Capote
Os Cães Ladram. Pessoas Públicas E Lugares Privados - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2006) 9 copies
House of Flowers [short story] 7 copies
Yachts and Things — Author — 5 copies
Marilyn & Co: Begegnungen mit Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor und vielen anderen (2009) 4 copies
Cinco relatos para mujeres 3 copies
Baum der Nacht Skizzen und Stories 2 copies
Christmas Memory, A 2 copies
Une journée de travail 2 copies
Shut a Final Door 2 copies
My Side of the Matter {short story} 2 copies
Glasba za kameleone 1 copy
Zajtrk pri Tiffanyju 1 copy
Sithala le 1 copy
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS´S 1 copy
In Cold Blood - Inglês 1 copy
Yoru no ki (夜の樹) 1 copy
Desayuno's en Tiffany's 1 copy
Hommikueine Tiffany juures 1 copy
breakfast at tiffanys 1 copy
Dejuni a Can Tiffany 1 copy
נבל העשב 1 copy
Miss Bobbit (in I racconti) 1 copy
Trees of the Night 1 copy
Eblouissement 1 copy
Blind items 1 copy
Un été indien 1 copy
Morgunverður á Tiffany's 1 copy
Truman Capote Reads Scenes from In Cold Blood. A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences. 1966. 33 1/3… (1966) 1 copy
Morceaux choisis 1 copy
La Mujer 1 copy
1962 1 copy
AFTERWORDS 1 copy
Associated Works
The American Short Story: A Collection of the Best Known and Most Memorable Stories by the Great American Authors (1994) — Contributor — 325 copies
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Contributor — 268 copies
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Contributor — 183 copies
The Graphic Canon of Crime & Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A Clockwork Orange to Jo Nesbø (2017) — Contributor — 34 copies
Fifty Years of the American Short Story from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970 (1970) — Contributor — 13 copies
Contemporary Short Stories: Representative Selections, Volume 3 — Contributor — 6 copies
The Grass Harp [1995 film] — Original book — 3 copies
Fifty Years of the American Short Story: from the O. Henry Awards 1919-1970 (Volume I) (1970) — Contributor — 3 copies
Wives and Lovers — Contributor — 3 copies
Moderne Amerikaanse verhalen — Contributor — 3 copies
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Capote, Truman
- Legal name
- Persons, Truman Streckfus
- Birthdate
- 1924-09-30
- Date of death
- 1984-08-25
- Burial location
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cause of death
- Liver disease
- Places of residence
- Monroeville, Alabama, USA
New York, New York, USA
Greenwich, Connecticut, USA - Education
- Greenwich High School
Dwight School - Occupations
- short-story writer
novelist
playwright - Relationships
- Lee, Harper (friend)
Murakami, Haruki (translator)
Dunphy, Jack (lover)
Agnelli, Marella (friend) - Organizations
- The New Yorker
- Awards and honors
- O. Henry Award (1946)
O. Henry Award (1948)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1959)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1964)
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June 2015: Truman Capote in Monthly Author Reads (February 2019)
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote (Bowie's Top 100) in 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (March 2016)
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