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James Agee

1909 - 1955

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James Rufus Agee ( 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Agee is the 4,551st most popular writer (up from 4,627th in 2019), the 6,791st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,245th in 2019) and the 514th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, James Agee ranks 4,551 out of 7,302. Before him are Firaq Gorakhpuri, Francis de Miomandre, Jane Bowles, Ernst Stadler, Jacques Roumain, and Klaus Groth. After him are Aleksandrs Čaks, Ivan Shmelyov, Ramón Pérez de Ayala, Alan Paton, Gudrun Pausewang, and Sophia Parnok.

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Among people born in 1909, James Agee ranks 271. Before him are Eugenio Garin, Arthur Jonath, Jaime Lazcano, Luiz Luz, Heinz Erhardt, and Clara Calamai. After him are Margaret Mee, Massimo Pallottino, Reinhold Münzenberg, Ramón Villeda Morales, Saul Alinsky, and Licia Albanese. Among people deceased in 1955, James Agee ranks 126. Before him are Leonardus Nardus, James Jones, Arthur Shaw, Louis Leon Thurstone, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, and Johan Jarlén. After him are Fumio Hayasaka, Bill Vukovich, Constantin Argetoianu, Johannes de Jong, Wilhelm Kreis, and Saadat Hasan Manto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Agee ranks 6,793 out of 20,380. Before him are Debra Jo Rupp (1951), Jane Bowles (1917), Bob Backlund (1949), Timothy Pickering (1745), Jack Lord (1920), and Dinah Shore (1916). After him are Zoey Deutch (1994), Candy Clark (1947), Adolph Gottlieb (1903), Donald Piper (1911), Catherine Bach (1954), and Big Bill Broonzy (1903).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Agee ranks 514. Before him are David Baldacci (1960), Mary Welsh Hemingway (1908), Tad Williams (1957), John Piper (1946), Mike Resnick (1942), and Jane Bowles (1917). After him are Gordon Willis (1931), Anita Loos (1889), Sue Grafton (1940), Bill Lawrence (1968), Julia Ward Howe (1819), and John D. MacDonald (1916).

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