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Agee went to Knoxville High School for the 1924-1925 school year, then travelled with Father Flye to Europe in the summer, when Agee was sixteen. On their return, Agee moved to boarding school in New Hampshire, entering the class of 1928 at [[Phillips Exeter Academy]]. There he was president of The Lantern Club and editor of the ''Monthly'' where his first short stories, plays, poetry and articles were published. Despite barely passing many of his high school courses, Agee was admitted to [[Harvard University]]'s class of 1932. He was editor-in-chief of the ''Harvard Advocate'' and delivered the class ode at his commencement.

Agee went to Knoxville High School for the 1924-1925 school year, then travelled with Father Flye to Europe in the summer, when Agee was sixteen. On their return, Agee moved to boarding school in New Hampshire, entering the class of 1928 at [[Phillips Exeter Academy]]. There he was president of The Lantern Club and editor of the ''Monthly'' where his first short stories, plays, poetry and articles were published. Despite barely passing many of his high school courses, Agee was admitted to [[Harvard University]]'s class of 1932. He was editor-in-chief of the ''Harvard Advocate'' and delivered the class ode at his commencement.

After graduation, he wrote for ''Fortune]]'' and ''[[Time]]'' magazines, although he is better known for his later film criticism in ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]''. He married Via Saunders on January 28, 1933; they divorced in 1938 and that same year he married Alma Mailman. In 1934, he published his only volume of poetry, ''Permit Me Voyage'', with a foreword by [[Archibald MacLeish]].

After graduation, he wrote for ''Fortune'' and ''Time'' magazines, although he is better known for his later film criticism in ''[[The Nation (U.S. periodical)|The Nation]]''. He married Via Saunders on January 28, 1933; they divorced in 1938 and that same year he married Alma Mailman. In 1934, he published his only volume of poetry, ''Permit Me Voyage'', with a foreword by [[Archibald MacLeish]].

In the summer of 1936, Agee spent eight weeks on assignment for ''Fortune'' with photographer [[Walker Evans]] living among sharecroppers in Alabama. While ''Fortune'' didn't publish his article (he left the magazine in 1939), Agee turned the material into a book entitled, ''[[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men]]'' 1941. It sold only 600 copies before being remaindered. That same year, Alma moved to Mexico with their year-old son, Joel, to live with Communist writer [[ Bodo Uhse]]. Agee began living with Mia Fritsch in [[Greenwich Village]], whom he married in 1946. They had two daughters, Teresa and Andrea, and a son, John, who was eight months old when Agee died.  

In the summer of 1936, Agee spent eight weeks on assignment for ''Fortune'' with photographer [[Walker Evans]] living among sharecroppers in Alabama. While ''Fortune'' didn't publish his article (he left the magazine in 1939), Agee turned the material into a book entitled, ''[[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men]]'' 1941. It sold only 600 copies before being remaindered. That same year, Alma moved to Mexico with their year-old son, Joel, to live with Communist writer [[ Bodo Uhse]]. Agee began living with Mia Fritsch in [[Greenwich Village]], whom he married in 1946. They had two daughters, Teresa and Andrea, and a son, John, who was eight months old when Agee died.