James AGEE was an American novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and film critic. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1951 classic film 'The African Queen', which starred Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. AGEE also wrote the novel 'A Death in the Family' which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958. AGEE's other works include the non-fiction book 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men' and the screenplay for the 1955 film 'Night of the Hunter'. AGEE's work has been praised for its realism and insight into human nature.