TRUMAN CAPOTE

WHO IS TRUMAN CAPOTE?

• A professional writer born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Born in 1924
• Author of 'Other Voices, Other Room' and 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
• Died in 1984 in Los Angeles, California

WHAT IS HE KNOWN FOR?

• His novella 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
• His narrative non-fiction, 'In Cold Blood'
• 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' was adapted into a film (starring Audrey Hepburn)

WHERE WAS HE BORN?

• Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• He wrote narrative non-fiction and fiction

WHEN WAS HE BORN?

• September 30, 1924

IMPORTANCE

• His stories were requested as plays and adapted into films

WHY DID HE WRITE?

• He started writing in high school
• Teachers were impressed
• He kept doing it throughout college and high school and afterwards

HOW DID HE BECOME A WRITER?

• He wrote in high school and kept doing it

WHEN DID HE DIE?

• Truman Capote died in 1984 in LA

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