![]() ![]() ![]() The impetus for writing the novel was the writer saw in 1959 a newspaper article about the murder of a family in Kansas. “There is a race of people that is always on the road, / They have no peace at home / Break hearts, say "sorry" / And leave to trample the planet "Ĭapote received the greatest fame and recognition after the release of the book "In Cold Blood". Photo: AP / Jennings Faulk Carter Collection, Monroe County Heritage Museum, Monroeville, Ala., Jennings Faulk C Pictured is Truman Capote with his aunt Maria Ida Faulk Carter These two worlds appeared in the book of portraits and essays "Local Color" (1950), and then in the book "Muses are heard" (1956) - a story about a trip to the USSR by a Negro group with the play "Porgy and Bess", which became for the Soviet people almost the first breath of air of Western culture from behind the Iron Curtain Even then, two directions were visible in his work: purely artistic and documentary prose, sometimes they diverged, sometimes merged, giving each other additional depth. "Mysterious New Orleans native Truman Capote writes stories you won't forget" is the title of an article in Life magazine. The book became a bestseller, giving a powerful impetus to the career of a young writerĪfter the release of Other Voices, Other Rooms, critics wondered how a 20-year-old boy could write so well. In 1948, he received another award for the story Close the Last Door and published his first book, Other Voices, Other Rooms. For this story, Capote was awarded the prestigious O "Henry Award. At the same time, the 19-year-old writer publishes the story “Miriam” in the Mademoiselle magazine, from which his literary career begins. In New York, Capote's relationship with his mother worsened: she could not come to terms with her son's homosexual inclinations and constantly took him to psychiatrists. The change of scenery did not cool the young writer's passion for creativity: he continued to write for the school newspaper and literary magazine. “Surprisingly late we discover ourselves”Īt the age of 18, Capote moved to New York with his mother and stepfather, Cuban businessman Joseph Garcia Capote. “The pleasure ended when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad writing and then made an even more disturbing discovery, sensing the difference between very good writing and genuine art,” Capote recalled that period. At the age of eight, "out of nowhere, not prompted by anyone's example," Capote began to write novels, detective stories, sketches, "stories heard from former slaves and veterans of the Civil War." He devoted all his time to this, so he did not do school assignments and did not do well at school at all. She dressed her son so well that soon they began to tease him as a girl. His parents divorced early and his mother sent him to relatives, compensating for love with expensive clothes. Truman Garcia Capote was born in New Orleans on September 30, 1924. But by the age of seventeen I was a complete writer.
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