The Oxford Companion to English Literature


Agee, James

Agee, James ( 1909 – 55 ),
American novelist, poet, writer on film , and screenwriter, also known for his semi-autobiographical novel A Death in the Family ( 1957 ), a moving account of a family in Tennessee shattered by the father's death in a car accident.

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