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James Agee
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American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)
Film & TV
American writer.
Known for
- Agee — Self (archive footage)1980
- Face to Face — Frank1952
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Key facts
- Born
- James Rufus Agee , November 27, 1909, Knoxville, Tennessee , U.S.
- Died
- May 16, 1955 (1955-05-16) (aged 45), New York City , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA )
- Notable works
- A Death in the Family , Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
- Spouse
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- Children
- 4, including Joel
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rufus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Knoxville
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- critic
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Work location
- United States
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of death
- 1955-05-16
- date of birth
- 1909-11-27
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- birth name
- James Rufus Agee
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
James Rufus Agee (/ˈeɪdʒiː/ AY-jee; November 27, 1909 – May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, writing for Time, he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. Agee is also known as a co-writer of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and as the screenwriter of the film classics The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter.
Early life and education
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