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James Agee

James Rufus Agee ( AY-jee; November 27, 1909 - May 16, 1955) was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize.

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Person
Person
Author of
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A death in the family
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The collected short prose of James Agee
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Permit me voyage
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Agee on film
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The Morning Watch
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Let us now praise famous men
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The night of the hunter
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Complete journalism
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James Agee
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Collected Poems
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Birth Name
James Rufus Agee
Citizenship
United States
United States
Birthdate
November 27, 1909
Date of Death
May 16, 1955
Educated at
Harvard University
Harvard University
Phillips Exeter Academy
Phillips Exeter Academy
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School
Eliot House (Harvard College)
Eliot House (Harvard College)
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Knoxville High School (Tennessee)
Knoxville High School (Tennessee)
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ISNI
0000000121308918
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Notable Work
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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A Death in the Family
Occupation
Film director
Film director
Poet
Poet
Novelist
Novelist
Journalist
Journalist
Writer
Writer
Critic
Critic
Screenwriter
Screenwriter
Author
Author
Open Library ID
OL29784A
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Birthplace
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Place of Death
New York City
New York City
VIAF
46756190
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Wikidata ID
Q352963

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