Interesting Truman Capote facts: concerning his life, his work, and his links with other writers
1. Truman Capote inspired the character of Dill in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. We’ve discussed Harper Lee and the genesis of her classic 1960 novel in a previous post, and one of the nice author-meet-author facts about the book is the fact that the character of Dill Harris in Lee’s novel was based on Harper Lee’s own neighbour and best friend growing up – Truman Capote. Capote, who had been born Truman Streckfus Persons in 1924, changed his name to Truman Capote in 1935, after his stepfather, Joseph Capote.