Truman Capote
Early Life
Born September 30th, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana , Capote was born into a broken home.
His mother, a small-town girl by the name of Lillie Mae, and his father, a charismatic schemer named Arch, were a unlikely pair and were often neglectful to their son. As such, Capote spent most of his childhood in the care of his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama, where he eventually befriended a young and reckless Harper Lee.
They also were quite an unlikely duo but became great friends and even greater writers. But despite this enriching friendship, Capote still had to face the hardships of his dysfunctional family life which led to a great sense of abandonment over the years due to a lack of seeing his mother and father. Eventually though, they divorced and fought over custody of him, his mother gained full custody and Truman moved to New York City to live with her and her new husband, Joe Capote. Alas, despite this reunion, he was treated harshly by her as he was not like the other boys.
His school life proved to be dismal aside from his gift of telling stories and entertaining his classmates. His disapproving mother sought to toughen him up and sent him to a military academy, which of course was disastrous. He soon went back to regular school where his teachers began taking great notice of his writing potential. When he was just a teen, he got his first job at The New Yorker, trying to get his own works published (unsuccessfully), eventually leaving to work on his own stuff. He soon got his break not with novels, but with short stories. His several successful short stories helped launch his career in the literary world.
Some of his works include: In Cold Blood; Other Voices, Other Rooms; Miriam (short story); and Breakfast at Tiffany's. For a full list of all his works, there is a link located below.
Born September 30th, 1924, in New Orleans, Louisiana , Capote was born into a broken home.
His mother, a small-town girl by the name of Lillie Mae, and his father, a charismatic schemer named Arch, were a unlikely pair and were often neglectful to their son. As such, Capote spent most of his childhood in the care of his mother's relatives in Monroeville, Alabama, where he eventually befriended a young and reckless Harper Lee.
They also were quite an unlikely duo but became great friends and even greater writers. But despite this enriching friendship, Capote still had to face the hardships of his dysfunctional family life which led to a great sense of abandonment over the years due to a lack of seeing his mother and father. Eventually though, they divorced and fought over custody of him, his mother gained full custody and Truman moved to New York City to live with her and her new husband, Joe Capote. Alas, despite this reunion, he was treated harshly by her as he was not like the other boys.
His school life proved to be dismal aside from his gift of telling stories and entertaining his classmates. His disapproving mother sought to toughen him up and sent him to a military academy, which of course was disastrous. He soon went back to regular school where his teachers began taking great notice of his writing potential. When he was just a teen, he got his first job at The New Yorker, trying to get his own works published (unsuccessfully), eventually leaving to work on his own stuff. He soon got his break not with novels, but with short stories. His several successful short stories helped launch his career in the literary world.
Some of his works include: In Cold Blood; Other Voices, Other Rooms; Miriam (short story); and Breakfast at Tiffany's. For a full list of all his works, there is a link located below.