Truman Capote
Truman Garcia Capote (born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American author. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana[1] and grew up in Monroeville, Alabama, New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut. He is best known for writing the half-true novel, In Cold Blood. The novel is based on a murder that happened in Kansas in the 1950s. He became good friends with the man accused of the murder.
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| Born | Truman Streckfus Persons September 30, 1924 New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Died | August 25, 1984 (aged 59) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Resting place | Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Artist, novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright |
| Period | 1943–1984 |
| Literary movement | Southern Gothic |
| Notable works | In Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany's (novella) |
| Partner | Jack Dunphy |
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Capote was openly gay. He died of liver cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 59.[2]
Truman Capote Media
Brick ruins outline the "spreading old house" in Monroeville, Alabama, that was the boyhood home of Truman Capote and the setting for his 1956 story "A Christmas Memory".
Halma's photograph of Capote on the back cover of Other Voices, Other Rooms
Capote photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1948
Truman Capote, 1959.
Truman Capote's marker at Westwood Village Memorial Park
Truman Capote and Jack Dunphy stone at Crooked Pond in the Long Pond Greenbelt in Southampton, New York.
Historical marker at the site of the house Truman Capote frequently visited in Monroeville, Alabama.
Aankomst schrijver Truman Capote (links) en regisseur Richard Brooks op Schiphol voor de première van de film "In Koelen Bloede" ("In Cold Blood")
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References
- ↑ TCM
- ↑ "Novelguide". Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
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