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Truman Capote

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Truman Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924. In 1948 his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, was published to international critical acclaim, assuring Capote a place among the prominent postwar American writers. He won the O. Henry Memorial Short Story Prize twice and was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His other works include Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Grass Harp, and the nonfiction masterpiece In Cold Blood. Truman Capote died on August 25, 1984 in Los Angeles.
 
Hilton Als is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His work also appears in The New York Review of Books. He is the author of The Women and White Girls. He lives in New York.

Truman Capote Books

The 50s: The Story of a Decade book cover

The 50s: The Story of a Decade

The New Yorker Magazine
The Early Stories of Truman Capote book cover

The Early Stories of Truman Capote

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A Christmas Memory book cover

A Christmas Memory

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My Sister's Hand in Mine book cover

My Sister's Hand in Mine

Jane Bowles
Radical Shadows book cover

Radical Shadows

Bradford Morrow
Portraits and Observations book cover

Portraits and Observations

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A Christmas Memory book cover

A Christmas Memory

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Summer Crossing book cover

Summer Crossing

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Too Brief a Treat book cover

Too Brief a Treat

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Answered Prayers book cover

Answered Prayers

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Breakfast at Tiffany's book cover

Breakfast at Tiffany's

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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote book cover

The Complete Stories of Truman Capote

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The Grass Harp book cover

The Grass Harp

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Music For Chameleons book cover

Music For Chameleons

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Other Voices, Other Rooms book cover

Other Voices, Other Rooms

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In Cold Blood book cover

In Cold Blood

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