Truman Capote
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TRUMAN CAPOTE
BY MYESHA MORA
EARLY LIFE
- Truman Streckfus Persons
- September 30 1924
- New Orleans.
- Abandoned.
- Monroeville, Alabama
EARLY LIFE
- Sent to NY.
- Adopted.
- Overwhelmed
- Drop out
- Launched career.
EARLY LIFE
- The New Yorker
- Published.
- Miriam
- Bennett Cerf
EARLY LIFE
- Random House
- 1st book.
- Other Voices, Other Rooms
- Homosexual themes
ADULT
- Parties, restaurants, clubs.
- Inspired Breakfast At Tiffany's
- Later a movie.
ADULT
- Jack Dunphy
- Gay
ADULT
- Harper Lees best friend.
- Inspiration for Dill.
- Shared history
- Capote : shy, book worm
- Lee : round, tough
WRITINGS & END
- Mom committed suicide.
- Continued writing.
- Grief took a toll
- Rehab & breakdowns
- Followed moms alcoholic footsteps
WRITINGS & END
- Died in Bel Air, LA
- August 25, 1984
- Passed from liver cancer.
WRITINGS & END
- Writings stayed popular
- In Cold Blood
- Handful of books.
WORKS SITED
- Truman Capote." 2014. The Biography Channel website. Jan 23 2014. http://www.biography.com/people/trumancapote9237547.
- Truman Capote About The Author." 2014. PBS website. July 28, 2006. Web. Jan 23 2014. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/trumancapote/introduction...
- Truman Capote Biography." 2014. IMDb website. January 23 2014. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001986/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- Krebs, Albin. "Truman Capote Is Dead At 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity" 2014. August 28 1984. Web. Jan 23 2014. http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/12/28/home/capoteobit.html
