Truman Capote

Truman Capote was a mid-20th-century American writer. His most notable works are the true-crime novel In Cold Blood, published in 1966, and the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's, published in 1958.

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• Lifetime: 30 September 1924 • 25 August 1984
• Main genre: Southern Gothic
• Literary movement: New Journalism
• Some other works: Short stories, a semi-autobiographical novel Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948)
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"Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go."

"A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison."