truman capote

     

Truman Capote (pronounce /ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti/) (30 September 1924, New Orleans, Louisiana - 25 August 1984, Los Angeles, California) was an American writer whose stories, novels, plays and non-fiction are recognized literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965), which he labeled a "non-fiction novel." At least 20 films and TV dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories and screenplays.

Trivia about truman capote

  • In 1958 he wrote, "Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires was the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost"
  • In November 1959 he arrived in Holcomb, Kansas to begin 6 years of research for "In Cold Blood"
  • This "In Cold Blood" author's 1952 play "The Grass Harp" concerns a woman who lives in a tree
  • The senseless murder of the Clutter family in 1959 prompted this man to pen "In Cold Blood"
  • "Other Voices, Other Rooms" was this author's 1st published novel
  • Back when authors were recognizable, Rich Little did him "In Cold Blood" as Dickens' Tiny Tim
  • Joel Knox is the teenage hero of this "In Cold Blood" author's novel "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
  • Harper Lee helped him research an article which developed into the work "In Cold Blood"
  • After his "In Cold Blood" ran as a 4-part series, he never published in The New Yorker again
  • Hope you were invited to the famous Black & White Ball this "In Cold Blood" author gave at the Plaza Hotel
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman was him, writing "In Cold Blood"
  • "Cold-blooded" author who set his musical "House of Flowers" in a bordello in the West Indies
  • Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Breakfast of Champions" & he wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"
  • I'm looking forward to lots more books from this author; "Music for Chameleons" won't be the last
  • He oxymoronically described his 1966 book "In Cold Blood" as a "nonfiction novel"
  • The Cloud Hotel is pivotal to the plot of this man's first novel, "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
  • This author of "The Grass Harp" was born in New Orleans on Sept. 30, 1924
  • 'He said it took him "Five years to write 'In Cold Blood
  • Young Dill in "To Kill a Mockingbird" was inspired by this author of "In Cold Blood"
  • Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly" & he created Holly Golightly
  • This "In Cold Blood" author said, "Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the yard & shot it"
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman in 2005, Toby Jones in 2006
  • On Nov. 28, 1966 this author threw a star-studded "Black & White Ball" in honor of Kay Graham