Capote, Truman

From Philosopedia

Capote, Truman (1924-1984) • Truman Capote has made lying an art. A minor art. —Gore Vidal • Good career move. —Gore Vidal upon hearing about Capote’s death

Born Truman Streckfus Persons, Capote achieved fame with his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). He also wrote The Grass Harp (1951), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958), and In Cold Blood (1966), the latter of which was described as a “nonfiction novel” inasmuch as it told of actual events but in novelistic form. He became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.