James Agee
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| Born | James Rufus Agee November 27, 1909 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | May 16, 1955 (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 | Via Saunders
(m. 1933; div. 1938)Alma Mailman
(m. 1938; div. 1941)Mia Fritsch (m. 1946) |
| Children | 4, including Joel |
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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.