![]() ![]() ![]() He traveled in eclectic circles, hobnobbing with authors, critics, business tycoons, philanthropists, Hollywood and theatrical celebrities, royalty, and members of high society, both in the U.S. He professed to have had numerous liaisons with men thought to be heterosexual, including, he claimed, Errol Flynn. He often claimed to intimately know people he had in fact never met, such as Greta Garbo. ![]() One of his first serious lovers was Smith College literature professor Newton Arvin, who won the National Book Award for his Herman Melville biography.Ĭapote was well known for his distinctive, high-pitched voice and odd vocal mannerisms, his offbeat manner of dress and his fabrications. Capote was 5 feet 3 inches tall (1 metre and 62 centimeters) and openly homosexual in a time when it was socially acceptable among artists, but rarely talked about. ![]()
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