Guide Note

Truman Capote was an American author, playwright, critic and essayist. The Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism is the largest cash prize for literary criticism in the English language ($50,000)

Fast Facts

Birth Name: Truman Streckfus Persons
Born: September 30, [[1924]
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Father: Archelaus Persons
Step-Father: Joseph Capote
Mother: Lillie Mae Faulk Persons
Died August 25, 1984
Most famous works: In Cold Blood and Breakfast at Tiffany's
Known for his extravagant, celebrated, and outrageous lifestyle
Lifelong friend of Harper Lee
Inspiration for "Dill" in Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Credited With Inventing the True Crime Genre

Early Life

Capote's parents divorced when he was four years old. Until the age of nine, he lived in Monroeville, Alabama with his mother's relatives. In Monroeville, he began a friendship with author Harper Lee that would last his entire life.

At the age of ten, Capote submitted his first short story to The Mobile Press Register. By the age of eleven he was actively writing at least three hours a day.

Landmark Works

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote's most famous work was inspired by a short newspaper article of a brutal murder in rural Kansas. Assisted in his research by Harper Lee, Capote spent more than four years working on the book. The book was serialized in The New Yorker in (1965) and releases in hardcover in (1966). What Capote called "a non-fiction novel" is considered to be the first of the "true crime" genre.

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Truman Capote Background and Profiles

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Truman Capote Study Guides and Literary Criticism

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Lawrence Journal-World: "In Cold Blood: A Legacy" (2005)

Truman Capote Quotations

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Truman Capote Videos

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Google Video: Retro Interview: Truman Capote Writes (Time: 13:00)
YouTube: CBC Retrobites: In Cold Blood (Time 3:31)

Truman Capote Personal Timeline

September 30, 1924: Born
1941-1943: Works for The New Yorker
1943: Writes his first novel, Summer Crossing
1963: Goes to Kansas with childhood friend Harper Lee to research his book, In Cold Blood
1966: Hosts legendary masked ball, called "The Black & White Ball"
1967: Wins an Emmy for ABC Stage 67
August 25, 1984: Died

Truman Capote Publications Timeline

1948 Other Voices, Other Rooms
1949 A Tree of Night and Other Stories
1951 The Grass Harp (Novel)
1952 The Grass Harp (Play)
1953 Beat the Devil
1954 House of Flowers
1956 The Muses Are Heard
1958 Breakfast at Tiffany's (Novel)
1960 The Innocents
1963 Selected Writings of Truman Capote
1966 In Cold Blood ("Nonfiction Novel")
1968 The Thanksgiving Visitor
1973 The Dogs Bark
1980 Music for Chameleons
1983 One Christmas
1987 Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel

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