Truman Capote

Japanese: カポーティ - かぽーてぃ(英語表記)Truman Capote
Truman Capote

American novelist and playwright. Born in New Orleans on September 30th, he did not receive any notable formal education. He worked as a proofreader, tap dancer, and general errand boy for The New Yorker magazine before publishing the short stories The Tree of Night and Miriam. He is known for his work The Distant Voice, the Distant Room (1948), which depicts the psychological development of a boy with abnormal sexual tendencies and sensitivity. This is an anti-realist work, just like the collection of short stories The Tree of Night and Other Stories (1949), and depicts the "dark world" of human psychology. After the lyrical The Grass Harp (1951, adapted and performed by the author the following year), Hear the Voice of the Muse (1956), and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958), he made a complete turn in his realistic writing style with In Cold Blood (1966), which advocated a "non-fiction novel," which caused a stir. "Christmas Memories" (1966) and "Thanksgiving Guests" (1968) are lyrical memoirs. He started out as "The Terrible Child," and his style has taken on a variety of tones, but a consistent theme from his early days was the futility of life, human loneliness, and the desire for a paradise that heals the soul. He passed away on August 25, 1984. In 2005 (Heisei 17), a new translation of his masterpiece, "In Cold Blood," was published in Japan, causing a stir.

[Hideo Inazawa]

"A Study of Truman Capote" by Hideo Inazawa (1970, Nagundo Publishing) " ▽ "Capote" by Gerald Clarke, translated by Keiji Nakano (1999, Bungeishunju Publishing)

[References] | Distant Voice, Distant Room | Non-fiction novel | In Cold Blood

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

アメリカの小説家、劇作家。9月30日ニューオーリンズで生まれ、特記するほどの学校教育を受けず、校正係、タップダンサー、『ニューヨーカー』誌雑務係などをしながら、短編『夜の樹(き)』『ミリアム』を発表。異常な性癖、感受性をもつ少年の精神形成を描いた『遠い声、遠い部屋』(1948)で認められる。これは短編集『夜の樹その他の物語』(1949)と同じアンチ・リアリズムの作品で、人間心理の「闇(やみ)の世界」を描いている。叙情性に富む『草の竪琴(たてごと)』(1951。翌年作者が脚色上演)のほか、『ミューズの声聞こゆ』(1956)、『ティファニーで朝食を』(1958)などののち、『冷血』(1966)では一転して写実に徹して「非虚構小説(ノンフィクション・ノベル)」を唱え、反響をよんだ。『クリスマスの思い出』(1966)、『感謝祭のお客さま』(1968)は叙情的回想記。「恐るべき子供」として出発、作風はさまざまな諧調(かいちょう)を帯びているが、初期から一貫してみられる傾向は、生きることのむなしさ、人間の孤独、魂をいやす楽園の希求であった。1984年8月25日没。2005年(平成17)、日本では代表作『冷血』の新訳が出版され話題となった。

[稲澤秀夫]

『稲澤秀夫著『トルーマン・カポーティ研究』(1970・南雲堂)』『ジェラルド・クラーク著、中野圭二訳『カポーティ』(1999・文藝春秋)』

[参照項目] | 遠い声、遠い部屋 | ノンフィクション・ノベル | 冷血

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