Truman Capote's Life and some literary works

Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1924 and he died in L.A. California in 1984. He worked as a journalist and a writer.

He began to write because he felt very lonely when he was a child.

Capote studied at Trinity School and in Saint John's Academy.

When he was 17 years old, he got a job with a cultural magazine called "The New Yorker". His job was to choose comics, news and he edited others' articles. When he was 21 years old he published some stories, such as: "Miriam", "Shut a final door". With the latter, he won a prize.

In those times he was considered as the successor of Alan Poe.

His first novel was published when he was 23 years old, It was called "Other Voices Other Rooms". in this novel he spoke openly about homosexuality.

In the 1950s, he went back to working for a magazine. He interviewed people for "Playboy” magazine.

He died of a liver cancer when he was 59 years old.

Some works by this famous writer are:

"In Cold Blood", It was made into a critically acclaimed film. It’s about a real event, the murder of the Cutter Family.

In my opinion, the most popular novel he wrote was “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. It was made into a film starred by Audrey Hepburn.

The musical: "House of Flowers"

"The Grass Harp".

He wrote also scripts, plays and short stories.

He left a posthumous novel called "Answered Prayers".

He played a role in a movie: "Murder by death” (1976).

Truman Capote lived a very exciting life.

Truman Capote in "Murder by Death"

Maricarmen Prieto