James Rufus Agee - 1 E 101
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Tennessee Historical Commission marker 1 E 101 - James Rufus Agee. Located on the University of Tennessee - Knoxville campus.
Waymark Code: WM11CP
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2006
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1 E 101
James Rufus Agee
Born in Knoxville November 27, 1909, Agee was well-known and respected in the fields of journalism, poetry, fiction, non-fiction and film. He won a Pulitzer Prize posthumously in 1953 for A Death in the Family a novel based on his youth in the Fort Sanders neighborhood at 1505 Highland Avenue and the trauma of his father's death. He died May 16, 1955.
Tennessee Historical Commission
Marker reads the same on both sides.
Other Information:
James Rufus Agee Wikipedia entry
James Rufus Agee on Biography.com