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James Agee

American author, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic (1909-1955)
Person Human Q352963

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
November 27, 1909
Date of death
May 16, 1955
Place of birth
Knoxville
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
screenwriter, poet, novelist, journalist, autobiographer, writer, critic, film critic, film director, librettist[13][14][15][16][17]
Educated at
Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy, St. Andrew's-Sewanee School, Knoxville High School, Eliot House[18][19][20][21][22]
Award received
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[24]
Notable work
A Death in the Family[23]
Child
Joel Agee[10]
Cause of death
myocardial infarction[27]
Work location
United States[31]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[33]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[34]
Archives at
Harry Ransom Center[26]
Birth name
James Rufus Agee[35]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired
Family name
Agee[28]
Given name
James, Rufus[29][30]
Has works in the collection
Harvard Film Archive
Manner of death
natural causes[32]
Native language
English[12]
Show all 27 facts +3
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Harvard Film Archive Project
Represented by
Light Cone[36]
Writing language
English
🏷️ Also known as
en Rufus Agee en James Agee ar جيمس آغي cs Rufus Agee fa جیمز آگی he ג'יימס אג'י ja ジェームズ・エイジー ko 제임스 에이지 ru Джеймс Эйджи ru Эйджи, Джеймс sv Agee zh 艾吉，J. zh 詹姆斯·艾吉 zh 詹姆斯·阿吉
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ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
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Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
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ACMI ID
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AbART person ID
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AboutTheArtists artist ID
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Academy Awards Database nominee ID
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Academy of Athens authority ID
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AllMovie person ID
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Allcinema person ID
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American Academy in Rome ID
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American Film Institute person ID
77303
American National Biography ID
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Archives at Yale agent ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BBC Things ID
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BIBSYS ID
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
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BabelNet ID
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Babelio author ID
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Bibliopoche author ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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British Museum person or institution ID
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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.BG ID
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Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Carnegie Hall agent ID
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Cyprus University of Technology ID
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DBC author ID
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DDB person (GND) ID
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DFK Paris person ID
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Danish National Filmography person ID
113180
Databazeknih.cz author ID
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De Agostini ID
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
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Discogs artist ID
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Douban author ID
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Douban movie celebrity ID
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Douban personage ID
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EGAXA ID
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ELNET ID
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
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Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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Encyclopædia Universalis ID
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Europeana entity
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Evene ID
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FAST ID
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FID performing arts ID
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Fandango person ID
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Film.ru person ID
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Find a Grave memorial ID
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Freebase ID
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Geni profile ID
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George Eastman Museum people ID
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Goodreads author ID
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Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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Grove Music Online ID
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HAND ID
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Harper's tag
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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Hyperion Records person ID
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IMDb ID
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ISFDB author ID
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IdRef ID
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Interlingual Index ID
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Internet Book Database of Fiction writer ID
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Internet Broadway Database person ID
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Ivi person ID
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J9U entity ID
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KBR person ID
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Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
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Kallías ID
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Kinobox person ID
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Kinopoisk person ID
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LOA ID
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Les Archives du spectacle person ID
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Levadia Library ID
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Lex ID
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LiederNet author ID
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Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
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MMB ID
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Metacritic ID
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Muck Rack journalist ID
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Museum of Modern Art artist ID
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MusicBrainz artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NDL Authority ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
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NLB authority ID (Belarus)
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NLC authorities
051009280
NLP ID
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NNDB people ID
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NSK (VIAF) ID
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NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Brazil ID
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National Library of Chile ID
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National Library of Greece ID
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National Library of Ireland ID
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National Library of Israel ID (old)
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National Library of Korea ID
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National Library of Latvia ID
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National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810661374005606
National Library of Portugal ID
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1160019
National Virtual Library of India ID
114308, 380416
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068411146
Open Library ID
OL29784A
Oxford Reference overview ID
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Parsifal cluster ID
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Penguin Random House author ID
197
Perlentaucher ID
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Poetry Foundation ID
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Prabook ID
10019
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
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Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
A002910793
RILM ID
95894
Regensburg Classification
HU 3006
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
853
Rotten Tomatoes ID
critic/james-agee, critics/james-agee
SBN author ID
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SELIBR ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
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SNAC ARK ID
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Swedish Film Database person ID
171153
TMDB person ID
6596
Tabakalera ID
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Tennessee Encyclopedia ID
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The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
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Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
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Union List of Artist Names ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID
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University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1271215
Unz Review author ID
AgeeJames
WBPLN author ID
JAMES, AGEE
WikiTree person ID
Agee-977
Wolfram Language entity code
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WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10829180-n
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ČSFD person ID
90040

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 9
writer, poet, journalist, film director, screenwriter, critic, novelist, film critic +1 more
Mb:lyricist 4
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Sure on This Shining Night, Sure on This Shining Night
Educated at 2
Harvard University, Phillips Exeter Academy
Films written 2
The African Queen, The Night of the Hunter
Given name 2
James, Rufus
Archives at 1
Harry Ransom Center
Award received 1
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Cause of death 1
myocardial infarction
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Films directed 1
In the Street
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
English
Nominated for 1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Place of birth 1
Knoxville
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
Work location 1
United States
Writing language 1
English
← Director of photography 1
In the Street
← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

James Agee was born on November 27, 1909[1], in Knoxville[2]. He died on May 16, 1955[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a screenwriter[5], poet[6], novelist[7], journalist[8], and autobiographer[9].

FAQs

Where was James Agee born?

James Agee's place of birth was Knoxville[2].

Where did James Agee die?

James Agee died in New York City[4].

What did James Agee do for work?

James Agee worked as a screenwriter[5], poet[6], novelist[7], journalist[8], and autobiographer[9].

Where did James Agee go to school?

James Agee was educated at Harvard University[18], Phillips Exeter Academy[19], St. Andrew's-Sewanee School[20], and Knoxville High School[21].

What awards did James Agee receive?

Honors received include Pulitzer Prize for Fiction[24].

Related Entities

New York City The African Queen The Night of the Hunter United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  11. [12] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . HOLLIS. Retrieved . id.lib.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [6] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  14. [7] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  16. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [13] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [14] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  19. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . pulitzer.org. pulitzer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Retrieved . norman.hrc.utexas.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . www.acmi.net.au. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . lightcone.org. Retrieved . lightcone.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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