Person Detail: Truman Capote

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General Information:
Full Name: Truman Capote
Biography: (1924-1984)(Truman Streckfus Persons) Author. Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and lived at 870 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York. "Other Voices, Other Rooms," his first novel, is the story of a young boy's painful search for identity. He has published another novel, "The Grass Harp" (1951); two collections of short stories, "Tree of Night" (1949) and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1958); a report of his trip to Russia, "The Muses are Heard" (1956); "A Christmas Memory" (1966); and a collection of nonfiction pieces, "The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places" (1973). In 1966, Capote published "In Cold Blood," a chilling, semi-documentary study of a senseless, brutal murder in Kansas, which he called "a nonfictional novel."
Author's Timeline:
1924		(Unknown) County Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1924.
1933		New York County Capote moved to New York City in 1933. He lived at 870 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York.
1948		(Unknown) County Other Voices, Other Rooms Novel.
1949		(Unknown) County Tree Of Night Short stories.
1951		(Unknown) County The Grass Harp Novel.
1954		(Unknown) County House of Flowers Musical, with Harold Arlen.
1956		(Unknown) County The Muses Are Heard Report.
1958		(Unknown) County Breakfast at Tiffany's Short stories.
1966		(Unknown) County A Christmas Memory
1966		(Unknown) County In Cold Blood Semi-documentary.
1973		(Unknown) County The Dogs Bark: Public People and Private Places Nonfiction.
1981		(Unknown) County Music For Chameleons Collection of short pieces.
1984		(Unknown) County Truman Capote died in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
1984		(Unknown) County Truman Capote was interred at the Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
?		Kings County Capote had an apartment at 70 Willow Street in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York.