Truman Capote Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. 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 "nonfiction novel". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from his work. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as
Truman Capote of his novel "Other Voices, Other Rooms" (see below), moved to capitalize on this novel's success with the publication of "A Tree of Night and Other Stories" in 1949. In addition to "Miriam", this collection also includes "Shut a Final Door", first published in "The Atlantic Monthly" (August 1947). After "A Tree of Night", Capote published a collection of his travel writings, "Local Color" (1950), which included nine essays originally published in magazines between 1946 and 1950. "A Christmas Memory", a largely autobiographical story taking place in the 1930s, was published in "Mademoiselle" magazine in 1956. It was issued as