Truman Capote

Truman Capote (1924-1984) was an American novelist and short-story writer known for pioneering the true crime novel genre with his masterpiece In Cold Blood (1966), a journalistic account of a Kansas farm family murder. He achieved widespread acclaim with his novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), about a New York café society girl named Holly Golightly, and was celebrated for his distinctive ornate style and Southern Gothic influences in his early fiction.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States Sep 30, 1924 Wikipedia
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