'''James Rufus Agee''' ([[November 27]], [[1909]] – [[May 16]], [[1955]]) was an American [[novelist]], [[screenwriter]], [[journalist]], [[poet]], and [[film]] [[critic]]. In the [[1940s]] he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, ''[[A Death in the Family]]'' ([[1957 in literature|1957]]), won the author a posthumous [[Pulitzer Prize]]. | '''James Rufus Agee''' ([[November 27]], [[1909]] – [[May 16]], [[1955]]) was an American [[novelist]], [[screenwriter]], [[journalist]], [[poet]], and [[film]] [[critic]]. In the [[1940s]] he was one of the most influential film critics in the U.S. His autobiographical novel, ''[[A Death in the Family]]'' ([[1957 in literature|1957]]), won the author a posthumous [[Pulitzer Prize]]. |