Friday, August 8, 2025

Question: What Pulitzer prize winning writer of Death In the Family was born in Knoxville in 1909?

Answer: James Agee, a poet, novelist, and screenwriter, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1909. His novel A Death in the Family, published posthumously in 1957, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1958. Additionally, Agee coauthored the screenplay for The African Queen (1951) with John Huston, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He also wrote the screenplay for The Night of the Hunter (1955).