Truman Streckfus Persons (September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984), known as Truman Capote.
Capote wrote Mirian (1946), Other voices, other rooms (1948), Breakfast at Tiffiany's (1958), "La Côte Basque" (1965); an unfinished story. He started young and still has few unfinished pieces.