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Friday, August 25, 2006
Truman Capote Died Aug.25, 1984 His education: At the age of 17, Mr. Capote wangled a job at The New Yorker. "Not a very grand job, for all it really involved was sorting cartoons and clipping newspapers," he wrote years later. "Still, I was fortunate to have it, especially since I was determined never to set a studious foot inside a college classroom. I felt that either one was or wasn't a writer, and no combination of professors could influence the outcome. I still think I was correct, at least in my own case." The single constant in his prose: In 1963, the critic Mark Schorer wrote of Mr. Capote: "Perhaps the single constant in his prose is style, and the emphasis he himself places upon the importance of style." |