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James Agee

 
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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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Books by James Agee

A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family

Books by James Agee published by The Library of America

James Agee: Selected Poems
James Agee: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men / A Death in the Family / shorter fiction (LOA #159)
James Agee: Film Writing and Selected Journalism (LOA #160)

Books by James Agee published by Melville House

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye
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