What is Truman Capote?
{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> |name = Truman Capote |image = Truman Capote by Jack Mitchell.jpg |caption = Truman Capote, 1980 |birth_name = Truman Streckfus Persons |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|09|30}} |birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], United States |death_date = {{death date and age|1984|08|25|1924|09|30}} |death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], United States |resting_place = Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles |partner = Jack Dunphy |occupation = Artist, [[novelist]], [[short story]] writer, [[screenwriter]], [[playwright]] |movement = [[Southern Gothic]] |period = 1943–1984 |notableworks = ''[[In Cold Blood]]'', ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (novella) |signature = Truman Capote signature.svg }} '''Truman Capote''' (born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an [[Americans|American]] [[author]]. He was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]<ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/28398%7C149070/Truman-Capote/ TCM]</ref> 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. Capote was [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]]. He died of [[liver]] [[cancer]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], aged 59.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.novelguide.com/Breakfast-at-Tiffany's/biography.html |title=Novelguide |access-date=2012-03-29 |archive-date=2013-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307160938/http://www.novelguide.com/Breakfast-at-Tiffany%27s/biography.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{imdb|0001986}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Capote, Truman}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:1984 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Louisiana]] [[Category:American movie