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===Novels===
===Novels===
Capote's first [[novel]] ''Other Voices, Other Rooms'' (1948) is of the depiction of a homosexual searching for his father and his own identity in the south.  Followed by ''The Grass Harp'' (1951) which is a story about escaping from realities in life to find refuge in a tree house and then returning to the real world. <i>[[Breakfast at Tiffany's]]</i> (1958) is actually a [[novella]] about a young playgirl. In 1965, Capote wrote ''In Cold Blood'' based on six years of research about a Kansas family murder.


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

Revision as of 02:36, 8 March 2006

Truman Capote

Major Works

Novels

Short Stories

Plays and Screenplays

Others

Biography

Capote published his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, when he was twenty three years old. In 1965, consuming more than six years of his life, In Cold Blood was published.

Awards

Timeline

Additional Reading about the Author

Works Cited

Krebs, Albin. “Truman Capote Is Dead at 59; Novelist of Style and Clarity.” New York Times 26 Aug. 1984, sec. L1+