"Her face is remarkable – not unlike Lincoln's, craggy like that, and tinted by sun and wind", is how Capote described Sook in "A Christmas Memory" (1956). He formed a fast bond with his mother's distant relative, Nanny Rumbley Faulk, whom Truman called "Sook". His parents divorced when he was four, and he was sent to Monroeville, Alabama, where, for the following four to five years, he was raised by his mother's relatives. In the 1970s, he maintained his celebrity status by appearing on television talk shows.īorn in New Orleans, Louisiana, Capote was the son of 17-year-old Lillie Mae Faulk and salesman Archulus Persons. Ī milestone in popular culture, In Cold Blood was the peak of Capote's literary career. Capote spent four years writing the book aided by his lifelong friend Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird (1960). Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood, a journalistic work about the murder of a Kansas farm family in their home. The critical success of one story, "Miriam" (1945), attracted the attention of Random House publisher Bennett Cerf, and resulted in a contract to write the novel Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948).
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Capote began his professional career writing short stories. He had discovered his calling as a writer by the age of 8, and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories, and plays.Ĭapote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. Many of Capote's short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". Truman Garcia Capote ( / ˈ t r uː m ən k ə ˈ p oʊ t i/ born Truman Streckfus Persons, Septem– August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor.
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