agee
or a·jee
[uh-jee]
- to one side; awry.
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Origin of agee
Agee
[ey-jee]
- James,1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.
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It was edited and published two years later, and won Agee a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1958.
15 Posthumous Books, From Kafka to Stieg LarssonAugust 26, 2013
A Death in the Family by James Agee When Agee died from a heart attack in 1955, the novel was not quite finished.
15 Posthumous Books, From Kafka to Stieg LarssonAugust 26, 2013
Maybe a gentler way to say the same thing is that Agee fails almost completely as a conventional magazine writer.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’Malcolm Jones
June 7, 2013
Coincidentally, Christenberry was born the same year Agee and Evans made their trip to Alabama.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’Malcolm Jones
June 7, 2013
Cotton Tenants may be no masterpiece, but it is an invaluable addition to the Agee shelf.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’Malcolm Jones
June 7, 2013
agee
ajee
Scot and English dialect
- awry, crooked, or ajar
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- awry; at an angle
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Word Origin
C19: a- ² + gee 1
Agee
- James. 1909–55, US novelist, poet, and film critic. His works include the autobiographical novel A Death in the Family (1957)
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