Truman Capote





Truman Capote

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born
in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
September 30, 1924

died
August 25, 1984

gender
male

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Truman Capote was an American writer whose non-fiction, stories, novels and plays are recognised literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.

He was born as Truman Streckfus Persons to a salesman Archulus Persons and young Lillie Mae. His parents divorced when he was four and he went to live with his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. He was a lonely child who learned to read and write by himself before entering school. In 1933, he moved to New York City to live with his mother and her new husband, Joseph Capote, a Cuban-born businessman. Mr. Capot...more


Average rating: 3.96 · 321,702 ratings · 11,196 reviews · 65 distinct works · Similar authors
In Cold Blood
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 231,327 ratings — published 1965 — 61 editions
Breakfast at Tiffany's
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 62,912 ratings — published 1958 — 129 editions
Other Voices, Other Rooms
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A Christmas Memory
4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 4,562 ratings — published 1956 — 21 editions
Music for Chameleons
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Answered Prayers - The Unfi...
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 1,359 ratings — published 1986 — 23 editions
The Thanksgiving Visitor
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1968 — 10 editions
More books by Truman Capote…
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.”
Truman Capote

“Never love a wild thing, Mr. Bell,' Holly advised him. 'That was Doc's mistake. He was always lugging home wild things. A hawk with a hurt wing. One time it was a full-grown bobcat with a broken leg. But you can't give your heart to a wild thing: the more you do, the stronger they get. Until they're strong enough to run into the woods. Or fly into a tree. Then a taller tree. Then the sky. That's how you'll end up, Mr. Bell. If you let yourself love a wild thing. You'll end up looking at the sky."
"She's drunk," Joe Bell informed me.
"Moderately," Holly confessed....Holly lifted her martini. "Let's wish the Doc luck, too," she said, touching her glass against mine. "Good luck: and believe me, dearest Doc -- it's better to look at the sky than live there. Such an empty place; so vague. Just a country where the thunder goes and things disappear.”
Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's

“It may be normal, darling; but I'd rather be natural.”
Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's

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