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
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
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| Mademoiselle (magazine) | |||
| The New Yorker | 1943 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 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 Persons is sent to live with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. | Hometown | Monroeville | Alabama | |||
| 1931/09/00 | Lillie Mae Faulk wins her divorce from Arch Persons and retains custody of Truman for nine months a year. Lillie sends him to live with the Faulks on South Alabama Avenue in Monroeville, AL. | Life | |||||
| 1943/00/00 | "The Walls Are Cold" is published in 'Decade of Short Stories', Fourth Quarter, Volume V, Number 5. Octavo. 30pp. The periodical offers New-Trend fiction for $0.25. | Author | The Walls Are Cold (short story) | ||||
| 1945/07/00 | From his mother's apartment at 1060 Park Avenue in New York City, Truman Capote writes a letter to an unhappy reader of "Miriam": I take it you do not understand Miriam's relation to Mrs Miller.... | Author | Miriam (short story) | Carnegie Hill | |||
| 1946/00/00 | Capote's "Miriam" is awarded an O Henry Prize for the Best First-Published Story. | Author | Miriam (short story) | ||||
| 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 (Bradbury 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 (book) | ||||
| 1948/03/00 | Truman Capote provides a recommendation for Patricia Highsmith to be accepted at Yaddo, where a writer with 'unconventional inclinations' can avoid the prejudice of mainstream society. | Life | Strangers on a Train (book) | Yaddo, artists community | Saratoga Springs, NY | ||
| 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 (book) | ||||
| 1953/11/24 | "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 play for 165 performances. | Lyrics and Book | House of Flowers (musical) | Neil Simon Theatre | New York City | ||
| 1955/07/06 | Truman Capote joins Mr Jack and his two dogs at an isolated, rented cabin on Fire Island. Rested and eager to write, Capote settles down to work on something called "Breakfast at Tiffany's". | Author | Breakfast at Tiffany's (book) | Carrington House | Brookhaven, NY | ||
| 1955/12/12 | The Astoria Hotel, to which the company was driven in chartered buses from the Leningrad terminal Thursday morning, is situated on the impressive expanse of St Isaac's Square. | Author | The Muses Are Heard (book) | Admiralteysky Okrug, StP | |||
| 1956/12/00 | "A Christmas Memory" is published in Mademoiselle. | Author | A Christmas Memory (short story) | ||||
| 1956/12/28 | In San Francisco, as Truman Capote gets into the elevator at the St Francis Hotel the steel doors go haywire and clamp onto his head leaving his face blue, green, puce and mau-mau black and his left eye swollen shut. | Life | Westin St Francis Hotel | San Francisco | Truman Capote Profiles Marlon Brando | ||
| 1957/01/01 | Staying at the Princess Kaiulani Hotel, Capote writes that Japan Airlines has lost all of his luggage - clothes, work notes, reference books, everything. He is down to one tweed suit, a very Dirty Shirt and a pair of snow-boots. | Life | Waikiki | Truman Capote Profiles Marlon Brando | |||
| 1957/01/15 | Truman Capote and Cecil Beaton visit the haunted ruins of Angkor Wat. | Visitor | Angkor Wat | Cambodia | Truman Capote Profiles Marlon Brando | ||
| 1957/01/25 | With a bottle of vodka in hand, Truman Capote arrives at Marlen Brando's 4th floor suite at the Miyako for what Brando expects to be a quick dinner and an early night. | Author | Miyako Hotel, Kyoto | Kyoto City | Vodka | Truman Capote Profiles Marlon Brando | |
| 1958/10/28 | "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote is published by Random House. | 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 (book) | ||||
| 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 (book) | Finney County | |||
| 1960/07/00 | "Among the Paths to Eden" by Truman Capote finds its way into Esquire magazine. | Author | Among the Paths to Eden (short story) | ||||
| 1966/01/17 | Capote's "In Cold Blood" is published by Random House. | Author | In Cold Blood (book) | ||||
| 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, NYC | New York City | Capote's Black and White Ball | ||
| 1975/00/00 | Truman Capote checks in at the Smithers Alcoholism Center in Manhattan. | Health | Spence Lower School | New York City | |||
| 1975/00/00 | "La Cote Basque, 1965" by Truman Capote is published in Esquire magazine. | Author | La Cote Basque, 1965 (short story) | ||||
| 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 | |||||
| 1986/00/00 | "Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel" is published. | Author | Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel (book) |
86 Creative Works by Truman Capote »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| This Is for Jamie (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1935/00/00 |
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| The Walls Are Cold (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1943/00/00 | |
| Miriam (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1945/06/00 |
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| Other Voices, Other Rooms (book) | Author | Novel | 1948/01/00 | |
| A Tree of Night (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| A Tree of Night and Other Stories | Author | Short Story Collection | 1949/00/00 | |
| Shut a Final Door (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| Children on Their Birthdays (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| The Headless Hawk (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 | |
| My Side of the Matter (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1949/00/00 | |
| New Orleans (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Brooklyn (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| New York City (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Haiti (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Tangier (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Hollywood (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| Local Color (essays) | Author | Travelogue | 1950/00/00 | |
| To Europe (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| House of Flowers (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1950/00/00 | |
| Ischia (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| A Ride Through Spain (travel article) | Author | Article | 1950/00/00 | |
| The Grass Harp (book) | Author | Novel | 1951/00/00 | |
| The Grass Harp (play) | Author | Play | 1952/00/00 | |
| Terminal Station (film) | Screenwriter (dialogue) | Film | 1953/04/02 | |
| Beat the Devil | Screenwriter | Film | 1953/11/24 |
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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 (book) | Author | Article | 1956/10/19 | |
| A Christmas Memory (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1956/12/00 |
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| The Duke in His Domain (article) | Author | Article | 1957/11/09 |
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| Breakfast at Tiffany's (book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1958/10/28 |
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| Observations (Avedon and Capote book) | Author | Art Trade Book | 1959/00/00 | |
| Brooklyn Heights: A Personal Memoir | Author | Memoir | 1959/02/00 | |
| Among the Paths to Eden (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1960/07/00 |
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| The Innocents (1961 film) | Screenwriter | Film | 1961/11/24 | |
| Selected Writings of Truman Capote (anthology) | Author | Anthology | 1963/00/00 | |
| In Cold Blood (book) | Author | Verfabula | 1966/01/17 |
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| The Thanksgiving Visitor (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1968/00/00 |
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| Laura (1968 TV film) | Author | Television Movie | 1968/01/24 | |
| The Dogs Bark (anthology) | Author | Anthology | 1973/00/00 | |
| La Cote Basque, 1965 (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1975/00/00 |
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| Mojave (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1975/00/00 | |
| Kate McCloud (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1976/00/00 | |
| Unspoiled Monsters (book) | Author | Mezzobula | 1976/05/01 | |
| Derring-Do (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| A Lamp in a Window (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Then It All Came Down (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Handcarved Coffins (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Dazzle (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| Hello, Stranger (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 | |
| A Beautiful Child (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Hidden Gardens (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Mr Jones (Capote short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| A Day's Work (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Nocturnal Turnings (essay) | Author | Essay | 1980/00/00 | |
| Music for Chameleons (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1980/00/00 | |
| One Christmas (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1983/00/00 | |
| Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel (book) | Author | Novel | 1986/00/00 | |
| A Capote Reader (omnibus) | Author | Omnibus | 1987/00/00 | |
| Preacher's legend (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| The Bargain (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 Shape of Things (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| A Mink of One's own (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2004/00/00 | |
| Too Brief a Treat: The Letters of Truman Capote | Author | Book | 2004/00/00 | |
| Summer Crossing (book) | Author | Novel | 2006/00/00 | |
| Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote | Author | Collection of Essays | 2007/00/00 | |
| Mill Story (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| The Moth in the Flame (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| If I Forget You (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Miss Belle Rankin (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Kindred Spirits (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 | |
| Traffic West (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Louise (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Swamp Terror (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 | |
| Lucy (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| The Familiar Stranger (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 | |
| Hilda (short story) | Author | Short Story | 2015/10/27 |
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