Truman Capote

Truman Capote (1924-1984) was a world-renowned writer and socialite who spent part of his childhood in Alabama. His fame was cemented with the publication of In Cold Blood, his "nonfiction novel" about the murders of a Kansas family. This portrait was taken by noted New York photojournalist Roger Higgins in 1959.

Portrait of Truman Capote, pictured holding his face, with a cigarette in one hand.
Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

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Portrait of Truman Capote, pictured holding his face, with a cigarette in one hand.