Truman Capote

Born

September 30, 1924

Died

August 25, 1984 (aged 59)

Known as

screenwriter, novelist, writer, playwright, autobiographer, actor

Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, and he is regarded as one of the founders of New Journalism, along with Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. His work and his life story have been adapted into and have been the subject of more than 20 films and television productions.

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