Truman Capote

Truman Garcia Capote (September 30, 1924 - August 25, 1984) was an American writer best known for his "nonfiction novel" (journalism with a literary voice) In Cold Blood and the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, both of which were adapted into movies. He wrote a childhood memoir called A Christmas Memory that he adapted for television and narrated.

Capote was born Truman Streckfus Persons in New Orleans. He was a childhood friend of Harper Lee and was the inspiration for the character of Dill in To Kill A Mockingbird.

He appeared as Lionel Twain in the film comedy Murder by Death. A short story published in Esquire in the 1970s alienated many of his celebrity acquaintances, who saw thinly disguised versions of themselves.

Part of his public persona was a long-standing rivalry with Gore Vidal.

He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California.

Works

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• Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel, 1948)
• A Tree of Night and other stories (1949)
• The Grass Harp (play, 1951)
• House of Flowers (musical, 1954) (with Harold Arlen)
• The Muses Are Heard (novel, 1956)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (novel, 1958)
• In Cold Blood (novel, 1966)
• A Christmas Memory (memoir, 1966)
• Music for Chameleons (short stories, 1980)
• Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel (1986)