Truman Capote

Author 18 / Writer 6 / Actor 2 · 1948 – 2005 · 🎬 8 📖 18

Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. 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.

All · 26 🎬 Movies · 8 📖 Books · 18

Fiction Boys American fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, general Short stories

Highlights

Summer Crossing

Summer Crossing

2005

Children on Their Birthdays

2002

The Situation of the Story

The Situation of the Story

1993

Frequent Collaborators

Mark Twain

6 shared

Katherine Anne Porter

6 shared

William Faulkner

William Faulkner

6 shared

Ambrose Bierce

5 shared

Nathaniel Hawthorne

5 shared

Shirley Jackson

Shirley Jackson

5 shared

All decades 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

🎬 Movies

Children on Their Birthdays

writer

2002

Annie Hall

actor

1980

Murder by Death

actor

1978

Trilogy

writer

1969

The Innocents

The Innocents

writer

1962

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

writer

1962

Terminal Station

Terminal Station

writer

1953

Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

writer

1953

📖 Books

Summer Crossing

Summer Crossing

author

2005

The Situation of the Story

The Situation of the Story

author

1993

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

Prentice Hall Literature--The American Experience

author

1989

Answered Prayers

Answered Prayers

author

1986

I remember Grandpa

I remember Grandpa

author

1985

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror

Great Short Tales of Mystery and Terror

author

1982

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

author

1981

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level

author

1980

Great Short Stories of the World

Great Short Stories of the World

author

1972

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

The Penguin Book of American Short Stories

author

1971

The Thanksgiving visitor

The Thanksgiving visitor

author

1967

In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

author

1965

Understanding fiction -- Second Edition

Understanding fiction -- Second Edition

author

1959

A Christmas Memory

A Christmas Memory

author

1956

One Christmas

One Christmas

author

1956

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Breakfast at Tiffany's

author

1956

The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

author

1951

Other Voices, Other Rooms

Other Voices, Other Rooms

author

1948

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