| Truman Garcia Capote; Truman Streckfus Persons | |
| 出生地： | 新奥尔良 |
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阅读杜鲁门•卡波特 Truman Capote在小说之家的作品!!! | |
Truman_Capote因为异样的童年遭遇使卡波特敏感、反叛而早熟，不愿意上大学走普通人的道路，而是去著名的文学刊物《纽约客》杂志做小工。慢慢地，他开始在杂志上发表作品，短篇小说《米里亚姆》（Miriam）得了欧・亨利奖，也为他赢得了出版商的注意，随后出版了几本较有反响的小说集。作为一个公开的同性恋，他写作之外的另一大爱好就是社交。纽约名流圈聚会的生活细节被他写进中篇小说《在蒂法尼进早餐》里，获得了极大成功。
卡波特一直在寻找机会尝试新的写作手法，希望创造出一种文体，能够把他的小说技巧和新闻报道的时效性结合在一起。
杜鲁门·贾西亚·卡波特（英语：Truman Garcia Capote，发音为 /ˈtruːmən kəˈpoʊti/；1924年9月30日－1984年8月25日），本名杜鲁门·史崔克福斯·珀森斯，是一位美国作家，著有多部经典文学作品，包括中篇小说《第凡内早餐》 (1958) 与《冷血》 (1965) 。
在《冷血》一书中，卡波特开创了“真实罪行”类纪实文学，被公认是大众文化的里程碑。两次获得欧·亨利短篇小说奖。
1924年生于新奥尔良，他自幼父母离异，17岁便高中辍学，受雇于《纽约客》开始写作生涯。
2005年好莱坞在大银幕上再现了这位传奇作家写作《冷血》的经历，该片为菲利普·塞默·霍夫曼赢得了奥斯卡影帝。
Truman Garcia Capote (/kəˈpoʊti/; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". His works have been adapted into more than 20 films and television dramas.
Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as a writer by age 8, and he honed his writing ability throughout his childhood. He began his professional career writing short stories. The critical success of "Miriam" (1945) attracted the attention of Random House publisher Bennett Cerf and resulted in a contract to write the novel Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood (1966), a journalistic work about the murder of a Kansas farm family in their home. Capote spent six years writing the book, aided by his lifelong friend Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).