James Rufus Agee - 1 E 101 - Tennessee Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

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.

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Marker Name: 1 E 101 - James Rufus Agee Marker Location: Roadside Type of Marker: Other Marker Number: 1 E 101 Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker: Tennessee Historical Commission

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