杜鲁门·卡波特(Truman Capote,1924—)美国作家。生于美国南方新奥尔良,在纽约和康涅狄格州等地求学,十七岁开始创作活动,曾在《纽约人》杂志社工作,经常在《纽约人》、《大西洋月刊》上发表作品,还兼做电影脚本校对和为电视节目撰稿,后来成为专业作家。1946年、1948年、1951年三次获欧·亨利纪念奖,1959年获美国文学艺术院奖金,1964年被选为该院成员。卡波特写过长篇小说、中短篇小说、剧本、游记和“非虚构性小说”。作品风格多变,情调 Truman Capote (1924-) American writer. Born in New Orleans, South America, studying in New York and Connecticut, starting at the age of 17, working for The New Yorker, often in The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly, Film script proofreading and writing for television shows, and later became a professional writer. In 1946, 1948, 1951 won the Henry prize three times, in 1959 by the American Literary Arts Academy prize, in 1964 was selected as a member of the hospital. Capote has written novels, short stories, scripts, travelogue and “non-fictional novel.” Variety of style, mood