Truman Capote - Revision history

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133~~). He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs~~). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,		Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,
	[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812975932''Summer Crossing''] (Krebs).		[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812975932''Summer Crossing''] (Krebs).He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs).

	==Awards==		==Awards==

Kfox: /* Biography */

2006-03-23T22:47:22Z

Biography

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	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133). He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,		Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133). He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,
	[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812975932''Summer Crossing''](Krebs).		[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780812975932''Summer Crossing''] (Krebs).

	==Awards==		==Awards==

Rbeard: /* Novels */

2006-03-22T15:43:42Z

Novels

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	===Novels===		===Novels===
	*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679643227''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] (1948)		*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679643227''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] (1948)- Captote's first novel
	* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)		* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)
	*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)		*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)

Rbeard: /* Others */

2006-03-22T15:41:54Z

Others

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	===Others===		===Others===
	*''House of Flowers'' (1954)- musical		* ''House of Flowers'' (1954)- musical
	* ''In Cold Blood'' (1967)- the movie		* ''In Cold Blood'' (1967)- the movie
	*''The Glass House'' (1972)		* ''The Glass House'' (1972)
			* ''Local Color'' (1950)- journalistic pieces
	*''MARILYN MONROE: PHOTOGRAPHS'' 1945-1962, 1994		*''MARILYN MONROE: PHOTOGRAPHS'' 1945-1962, 1994

	[[Image:Capote truman young.jpg\|thumb\|Truman Capote]]		[[Image:Capote truman young.jpg\|thumb\|Truman Capote]]

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133). He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,		Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924 to Archulus Persons and Lillie Mae Faulk (Persons) with his birth name being Truman Streckfus Persons. The name Streckfus derived from the Streckfus Company that his father was currently employed with. He was born in the Touro Infirmary. During that time his parents lived in the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans (Long 133). He died August 25, 1984 , in Los Angeles at Joanna Carson‘s home, previous wife of Johnny Carson (Krebs). He adopted the Capote surname when his mother divorced Archulus Persons and remarried Joe Capote. He had a difficult childhood with a great absence of love (Grobel 47). His mother committed suicide on January 4, 1954 by overdosing on [http://www.bankhead.net/BoozeAndDrugs/Drugs/seconal.html Seconal] (Clarke 64). Capote and his mother both admitted that she was not suited for motherhood. In the late 1970’s, Capote was treated for a drug and alcohol addiction and suffered from [http://muweb.millersville.edu/~muathtrn/trig-neu/Trigeminal_Neuralgia.htm tic doloroux] (Krebs). Capote had written a lot of [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679751823''Answered Prayers''] while under the influence of cocaine. He stopped abusing cocaine when he realized that it made him too nervous to continue writing (Grobel 221). Capote’s best friend growing up was his neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, the author of ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Lee based Dill Harris’s character upon Capote. Capote had previously based the character of Idabel Tompkins in [http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isdn=9780679643227 ''Other Voices, Other Rooms''] on Nelle Harper Lee. At the age of seventeen, Capote went to work for two years at ''The New Yorker''. During those two years he wrote his first unpublished novel,

Rbeard: /* Plays and Screenplays */

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Plays and Screenplays

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	===Plays and Screenplays===		===Plays and Screenplays===
	* ''The Innocents'' (1961)
	*[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745570''The Grass Harp''] (1952)		*[http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745570''The Grass Harp''] (1952)
	*''Crimewatch'' (1973)
	*''A Christmas Memory'' (1966)
	*''Behind Prison Walls'' (1972)
	*''Among The Paths To Eden'' (1967)
	*[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/searchFulltext.do?id=R01530960&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1142821811_490&area=abell&forward=critref_ft''Beat the Devil''] (1954)		*[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com.ezproxy.maconstate.edu/searchFulltext.do?id=R01530960&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1142821811_490&area=abell&forward=critref_ft''Beat the Devil''] (1954)
			* ''Turn of the Screw'' (1960)
			* ''The Innocents'' (1961)
			* ''A Christmas Memory'' (1966)
			* ''Among The Paths To Eden'' (1967)
			* ''Behind Prison Walls'' (1972)
			* ''Crimewatch'' (1973)

	===Others===		===Others===

Rbeard: /* Novels */

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Novels

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	* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)		* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)
	*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)		*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)
			* ''The Thanksgiving Visitor'' (1968)
	*''Answered Prayers'' (1987)- an unfinished novel		*''Answered Prayers'' (1987)- an unfinished novel

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Short Stories

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	* ''Miriam'' (1945)		* ''Miriam'' (1945)
	* ''A Tree of Night'' (1949)		* ''A Tree of Night'' (1949)
	* ''The Thanksgiving Visitor'' (1968)
	* [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745662 ''Music for Chameleons]'' (1980)		* [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745662 ''Music for Chameleons]'' (1980)

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2006-03-22T15:32:57Z

Short Stories

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	* ''The Shape of Things'' (1944)		* ''The Shape of Things'' (1944)
	* ''Miriam'' (1945)		* ''Miriam'' (1945)
			* ''A Tree of Night'' (1949)
			* ''The Thanksgiving Visitor'' (1968)
	* [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745662 ''Music for Chameleons]'' (1980)		* [http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679745662 ''Music for Chameleons]'' (1980)

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Novels

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	* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)		* ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1958)
	*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)		*[http://www.randomhouse.com/modernlibrary/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780679600237''In Cold Blood''] (1966)
			*''Answered Prayers'' (1987)- an unfinished novel

	===Short Stories===		===Short Stories===

Beasler: /* Additional Reading about the Author */

2006-03-21T16:32:12Z

Additional Reading about the Author

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	==Additional Reading about the Author==		==Additional Reading about the Author==

	*''Capote : A Biography'' by Gerald Clarke		*''Capote : A Biography'' by Gerald Clarke

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	*[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=BIO002992&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1142957921_29363&area=ref&forward=critref_ft Truman Capote Biography]		*[http://lionreference.chadwyck.com/searchFulltext.do?id=BIO002992&divLevel=0&queryId=../session/1142957921_29363&area=ref&forward=critref_ft Truman Capote Biography]

			*[http://www.capotebio.com Truman Capote Abstract]

	==Works Cited==		==Works Cited==