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Who i am going to writing is Truman Capote. Truman capote was a great author known for the most famous and controversial figures in contemporary American literature. He invented a new kind of book called the nonfiction novel. This literary form combined factual reporting with the imaginary possibilities of storytelling. Capote writing ability and his wild personality captured the interest of all people all over the world. Because of his style and themes, reviewers of his early fiction categorized him as southern gothic writer (a style of fiction that uses gloomy settings and has mysterious events).
Truman Capote was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in nineteen twenty-four. His name was Truman Streckfus Persons. He also lived in Monroeville, New York, Fire Island. Truman Capote died in Bel Air, Los Angeles, on August 25, 1984, age 59. According to the coroner's report the cause of death was liver disease complicated by phlebitis and multiple drug intoxication. Truman Capote experience as a child was that he was classified as a “lonely child” and before he even entered formal schooling, he used that loneliness to teach himself how to read and write.
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Truman Capote greatest influence was in the books. He wrote was his own personal life experiences of people. Truman Capote important decisions was that it was based on a theory he had harbored since he first began to write professionally, which is well over 20 years ago Truman Capote problem in his life was in early child he was a sensitive boy who was picked on by other kids for being a wimp, while Lee a be friend of his was a rough and tumble tomboy. Despite their differences Lee found Capote to be delight, calling him “A pocket Merlin” for his creative and intensive ways. Little did these playful pals know that they would both become famous writers one

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