James Agee

About The Author

James Agee (1909-1955) started his writing career as a reporter for Fortune, which led to his writing Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. In addition to film reviews, he wrote several scripts, including The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family.

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