Truman Capote was born Truman Streckfus Persons in 1924 in New Orleans. He had a peripatetic childhood, spending time in Alabama, New York, and Connecticut—sometimes with his mother, Lillie Mae Faulk, ...

The two famed authors had a close bond. — -- Two of the best-known authors in American literary history started out as best friends. Harper Lee, who died today at age 89, and Truman Capote, who ...

He could have chosen a different murder. At the time literary icon Truman Capote was looking for a crime to be the subject of his experimental new book, there was no shortage of headline-making family ...

Everyone knows Truman Capote thanks to his bestselling novels Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1965). But, there is another thing the author made headlines for back in the 1950s and ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Capote's semi-autobiographical debut was released in 1948, and tells the ...

Much ink has been spilled over the rise and fall of Truman Capote. The brilliant and troubled author of groundbreaking books like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood has been the subject of ...

In 1975, Truman Capote struggled with a case of writer’s block. Having risen to fame a decade earlier for writing the literary classics “In Cold Blood” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” the acclaimed ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. It has been nearly eight years since the first season of ...

The rarefied social circle that embraced Capote, and eventually banished him, is up for re-evaluation in the new television series “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.” By Ginia Bellafante Ginia Bellafante ...

Truman Capote was an immensely public figure, even, perhaps especially, when he was self-immolating. Movies and television have offered a front-row seat to his lacerating wit and his downward spiral.

Meet the glamorous, fabulous friends that Truman Capote couldn't wait to betray. Truman Capote is America’s Princess Diana. There, someone had to say it. In both instances, we remain obsessed not with ...