James Agee
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Emerging from a Knoxville upbringing that included boarding schools, a stint at Phillips Exeter Academy and editorial leadership at Harvard’s literary magazine, he entered journalism with Time Inc. and contributed to Fortune before becoming a prolific book reviewer and, by 1941, the magazine’s film critic. His criticism in Time and The Nation championed controversial works such as Chaplin’s Monsie…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources