Truman Capote: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Helen S. Garson, Truman Capote (1980); and Terry Reed, Truman Capote (1981), examine Capote’s writing. Biographies include Gerald Clarke, Capote (1988); and Marianne M. Moates, A Bridge of Childhood: Truman Capote’s Southern Years (1989). Among works of personal reminiscence are Marie Rudisill with James C. Simmons, Truman Capote: The Story of His Bizarre and Exotic Boyhood by an Aunt Who Helped Raise Him (1983), and The Southern Haunting of Truman Capote (2000); John Malcolm Brinnin, Truman Capote: Dear Heart, Old Buddy (1986); George Plimpton, Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career (1997); and Marie Rudisill, Fruitcake: Memories of Truman Capote & Sook (2000). Other works of interest are Lawrence Grobel, Conversations with Capote (1985); M. Thomas Inge (ed.), Truman Capote: Conversations (1987); Deborah Davis, Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball (2006); Robert Emmet Long, Truman Capote, Enfant Terrible (2008); Ralph F. Voss, Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood (2011); Tison Pugh, Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies (2014); and Thomas Fahy, Understanding Truman Capote (2014).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 21, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - Truman Capote. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Capote: A Life For The Books. | Nov 08, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Truman Capote. | Jul 31, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Truman Capote as a Poet. | Nov 21, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Added a cross-reference to our feature on Feud: Capote vs. the Swans. | Jan 31, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 24, 2024 | ||
| Expanded the discussion of his early life and added details surrounding the publication of excerpts from Answered Prayers. | Jan 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Truman Capote. | Dec 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - Tru Life: How Truman Capote Became a Cautionary Tale of Celebrity Culture. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: LGBT History Month - Biography of Truman Capote. | Feb 01, 2019 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 28, 2017 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Jul 15, 2015 | ||
| Added mention of Capote's friendship with Harper Lee, and other changes made. | May 18, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: 64 Parishes - Biography of Truman Capote. | Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - Biography of Truman Capote. | Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Alabama - Truman Capote. | Dec 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Truman Capote. | Feb 11, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fyne Times - Biography of Truman Capote. | Jan 09, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of Truman Capote. | Jul 27, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Teenreads.com - Biography of Truman Capote. | Jul 27, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Truman Capote. | Jul 27, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 05, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |