He formed a fast bond with his mother's distant relative, Nanny Rumbley Faulk, whom Truman called 'Sook'. His parents divorced when he was two, and he was sent to Monroeville, Alabama, where, for the following four to five years, he was raised by his mother's relatives. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Lillie Mae Faulk (1905–1954) and salesman Archulus Persons (1897–1981). Capote spent six 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 (1966), a journalistic work about the murder of a Kansas farm family in their home. The critical success of ' 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). He began his professional career writing short stories. He had discovered his calling as a writer by the time he was eight years old, and he honed his writing ability throughout his childhood.

His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas.Ĭapote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a 'non-fiction novel'. Truman Garcia Capote ( / k ə ˈ p oʊ t i/ kə- POH-tee born Truman Streckfus Persons Septem– August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor.

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