James Agee
Novelis, Jurnalis, Penyair, Penulis Naskah dan Kritikus Film Amerika
James Rufus Agee (/ˈeɪdʒiː/ AY-jee; 27 November 1909 – 16 Mei 1955) adalah seorang novelis, jurnalis, penyair, penulis naskah dan kritikus film Amerika. Pada 1940an, ia menjadi salah satu kritikus film paling berpengaruh di AS. Novel autobiografi-nya, A Death in the Family (1957), membuat pengarangnya memenangkan Penghargaan Pulitzer 1958 secara anumerta.
James Agee | |
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| Agee pada tahun 1937 Agee pada tahun 1937 | |
| Lahir | James Rufus Agee 27 November 1909 Knoxville, Tennessee, AS |
| Meninggal | 16 Mei 1955 (umur 45) New York City, AS |
| Kebangsaan | Amerika |
| Karya terkenal | A Death in the Family, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men |
| Pasangan | Via Saunders (1933-1938) Alma Mailman (1938-1941) Mia Fritsch (1946-1955; kematiannya) |
| Anak | Joel (b. 1940) Teresa Andrea John |
Referensi
Bacaan tambahan
- Letters of James Agee to Father Flye, ISBN 0-87797-301-6
- James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, etc., The Library of America, 159, with notes by Michael Sragow, 2005.
- Alma Neuman, Always Straight Ahead: A Memoir, Louisiana State University Press, 176 pages, 1993. ISBN 0-8071-1792-7.
- Kenneth Seib, "James Agee: Promise and Fulfillment", in Critical Essays in Modern Literature, University of Pittsburgh Press, 175 pages, 1968.
- Geneviève Moreau, "The Restless Journey of James Agee", William Morrow and Company, New York, 1977.
- Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film, ed. Ian Aitken, London: Routledge, 2005
Pranala luar
- Karya oleh James Agee di Open Library
- (Inggris) Karya atau profil mengenai James Agee di perpustakaan (katalog WorldCat)
- Templat:Iblist name
- A chronology of James Agee's life & work, Agee Films
- James Agee Collection, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
- Essay on Agee's Collected Work, The New Yorker
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men on Violette Editions
- Agee Films: Agee
