Capote was often seen at age five carrying his dictionary and notepad, and began writing fiction at the age of 11. Īs a lonely child, Capote taught himself to read and write before he entered his first year of school. In Monroeville, he was a neighbor and friend of author Harper Lee, who is rumored to have based the character Dill on Capote. "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. 2.7 Veracity of In Cold Blood and other nonfictionīorn in New Orleans, Louisiana, Capote was the son of 17-year-old Lillie Mae Faulk and salesman Archulus Persons.
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 ( The Dick Cavett Show, aired August 21, 1980), and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced of 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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