A glib and mercurial man of vast verbal gifts, vivid in speech and penetrating in prose, Mr Capote was a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, actor, purveyor of often waspishly malicious gossip, and with "In Cold Blood," a pioneer in the so-called "nonfiction novel." - Washington Post, 26 August 1984
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| 1924/09/30 | Truman Streckfus Persons is born at Tulane Hospital, New Orleans. At the time, his mother, Lillie Mae Faulk, lived at the Hotel Monteleone. | Born | Hotel Monteleone | New Orleans | Truman Capote's Birthday | ||
| 1928/00/00 | Truman Capote is sent to live with relatives in Monroeville | Hometown | Monroeville | Alabama | |||
| 1946/07/00 | Bradbury submits "Homecoming" to Mademoiselle. Editorial assistant Truman Capote rescues the manuscript from a slush pile and submits it for publication. | Editor Assistant | Homecoming (short story) | ||||
| 1948/00/00 | During trip a to Haiti, Capote is inspired to write "House of Flowers" from his observations of island prostitutes. | Visitor | House of Flowers (short story) | Haiti | |||
| 1948/01/00 | "Other Voices, Other Rooms" is published by Random House, George Plimpton, Truman Capote, Doubleday, NY 1998, 471. | Author | Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel) | ||||
| 1949/00/00 | "A Tree of Night and Other Stories" is published. | Author | A Tree of Night and Other Stories | ||||
| 1951/00/00 | "The Grass Harp" is published. | Author | The Grass Harp (novel) | ||||
| 1953/00/00 | "Beat the Devil " is released. | Screenwriter | Beat the Devil | ||||
| 1954/12/30 | Produced by Saint Subber, "House of Flowers" opens on Broadway at the Alvin Theatre. It will run played for 165 performances. | Lyrics and Book | House of Flowers (musical) | Neil Simon Theatre | New York City | ||
| 1956/12/00 | "A Christmas Memory" is published in Mademoiselle. | Author | A Christmas Memory (short story) | ||||
| 1958/00/00 | Breakfast at Tiffany's - published | Author | Breakfast at Tiffany's (book) | ||||
| 1959/11/16 | Then one morning in November, 1959, while flicking through The New York Times, I encountered on a deep-inside page, this headline: Wealthy Farmer, 3 of Family Slain. | Author | In Cold Blood | ||||
| 1959/12/00 | Truman Capote and research assistant Harper Lee travel to Holcomb, KS in the winter of 1960 to research 'In Cold Blood'. | Work | In Cold Blood | Finney County | |||
| 1966/01/17 | Capote's "In Cold Blood" is published by Random House. | Author | In Cold Blood | ||||
| 1966/11/28 | Truman Capote throws a Black and White themed masquerade party in honor of The Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham in the Grand Ballroom of the Plaza Hotel. | Host | Plaza Hotel | New York City | Capote's Black and White Ball | ||
| 1977/11/14 | After 10 minutes of a rambling, incoherent commentary, Capote is asked to end a speech at Towson University in Maryland. He will explain the muddled talk was due to tranquilizers. "My goodness you'd have thought I killed the Lindbergh baby." | Health | |||||
| 1978/07/00 | During an appearance on the Stanley Siegal show, Capote is incoherent, having a hard time forming words. Some claim Capote had arrived for the interview okay but then took a Thorazine at the studio. | Health | |||||
| 1980/00/00 | "Music for Chameleons" is published. | Author | Music for Chameleons (collection) | ||||
| 1984/08/25 | Truman Capote, whose health in recent years has been shaky, and who has admitted to problems with both alcohol and tranquilizers, is found dead at the home of Joanne Carson, second wife of television star Johnny Carson. | Died |
86 Creative Works by Truman Capote »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| Miriam (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1945/00/00 | |
| Other Voices, Other Rooms (novel) | Author | Novel | 1948/01/00 | |
| Children on Their Birthdays (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| Jug of Silver (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| Master Misery (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| A Tree of Night and Other Stories | Author | Short Story Collection | 1949/00/00 | |
| My Side of the Matter (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| Shut a Final Door (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| A Tree of Night (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| The Headless Hawk (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| Local Color (essays) | Author | Travelogue | 1950/00/00 | |
| To Europe (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Hollywood (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Ischia (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| New Orleans (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| A Ride Through Spain (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| House of Flowers (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1950/00/00 | |
| New York City (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Brooklyn (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Tangier (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Haiti (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| The Grass Harp (novel) | Author | Novel | 1951/00/00 | |
| The Grass Harp (play) | Author | Play | 1952/00/00 | |
| Terminal Station (screenplay) | Author | 1953/00/00 | ||
| Beat the Devil | Screenwriter | Film | 1953/00/00 |
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| House of Flowers (musical) | Lyrics and Book | Play | 1954/12/30 | |
| Carmen Therezinha Solbiati - So Chic (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1955/00/00 | |
| The Muses Are Heard (article) | Author | Article | 1956/00/00 | |
| A Christmas Memory (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1956/12/00 |
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| The Duke in His Domain (article) | Author | Article | 1957/00/00 | |
| Breakfast at Tiffany's (book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1958/00/00 |
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| Observations (collaborative art and photography book) | Author | Arts Book | 1959/00/00 | |
| Brooklyn Heights: A Personal Memoir | Author | Memoir | 1959/02/00 | |
| The Innocents (1961 film) | Screenwriter | Film | 1961/11/24 | |
| Selected Writings of Truman Capote (anthology) | Author | Anthology | 1963/00/00 | |
| In Cold Blood | Author | Verfabula | 1966/01/17 |
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| Laura (1968 TV film) | Author | 1967/01/24 | ||
| The Thanksgiving Visitor (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1968/00/00 | |
| The Dogs Bark (anthology) | Author | Anthology | 1973/00/00 | |
| Mojave (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1975/00/00 | |
| La Cote Basque, 1965 (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1975/00/00 | |
| Kate McCloud (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1976/00/00 | |
| Unspoiled Monsters (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1976/00/00 | |
| A Day's Work (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Mr Jones (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Then It All Came Down (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Derring-Do (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Music for Chameleons (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Handcarved Coffins (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| A Lamp in a Window (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Hello, Stranger (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Dazzle (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Hidden Gardens (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| A Beautiful Child (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Hospitality (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Music for Chameleons (collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1980/00/00 | |
| Nocturnal Turnings (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| One Christmas (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1983/00/00 | |
| Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel (novel) | Author | Novel | 1986/00/00 | |
| A Capote Reader (omnibus) | Author | Omnibus | 1987/00/00 | |
| Among the paths to Eden (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| Preacher's legend (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote | Author | Book | 2004/00/00 | |
| The Bargain (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| The Shape of Things (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| A Diamond Guitar (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| The Complete Stories of Truman Capote (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 2004/00/00 | |
| The Walls Are Cold (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| A Mink of One's own (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| Summer Crossing (novel) | Author | Novel | 2006/00/00 | |
| Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote | Author | Collection of Essays | 2007/00/00 | |
| This Is in Jamie (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Miss Belle Rankin (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| If I Forget You (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Traffic West (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Parting of the Way - A young hobo heads home after years on the road (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Kindred Spirits (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| The Early Stories of Truman Capote (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 2015/10/27 | |
| Where the World Begins (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Swamp Terror (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Louise (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| The Familiar Stranger (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Lucy (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| The Moth in the Flame (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Mill Story (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Hilda (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 |