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8 | ->''"All literature is gossip."'' |
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10 | Truman Garcia Capote (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, journalist/nonfiction writer, and playwright, among other things. Named Truman Streckfus Persons at birth, he was renamed after his mother's marriage to stepfather Joseph Capote. |
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12 | While he was born in [[UsefulNotes/NewOrleans the Big Easy]], much of his childhood and youth were spent in Alabama. Here he met fellow future author (Nelle) Harper Lee, and his childhood self serves as the [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed basis]] of the character Dill Harris in her novel ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''. |
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14 | A heavy drinker, Capote died of alcohol-related liver disease a month shy of his 60th birthday, while visiting his close friend Joanne Carson (second ex-wife of Creator/JohnnyCarson) in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. |
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16 | Capote was portrayed on stage by Creator/RobertMorse in the 1989 one-man play ''Tru'', and on screen by Creator/PhilipSeymourHoffman in ''Film/{{Capote}}'' (2005) and Creator/TobyJones in ''Infamous'' (2006). Both films take the composition of ''In Cold Blood'' as their subject. He is also a main character in ''Series/FeudCapoteVsTheSwans'', which recounts his falling-out with his New York socialite friends, played by Creator/TomHollander. |
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19 | !!Works by Truman Capote with their own page on TV Tropes: |
20 | * ''Literature/{{Miriam}}'' |
21 | * ''Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' |
22 | * ''Literature/InColdBlood'' |
23 | !!Tropes associated with Truman Capote and his work: |
24 | * AdamWesting: He has a pivotal, albeit brief, role in the MurderMystery spoof ''Film/MurderByDeath'' despite being a flamboyant personality but not really an actor at all. The character winds up being "Truman Capote" but given another name. |
25 | * VampiricDraining: The short story "Master Misery" implies that "dream collector" Mr. Revercomb is consuming the psyches of the people he pays. |
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