Writer & critic
James Agee
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and a posthumous Pulitzer for A Death in the Family.
James Rufus Agee was an American novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and film critic. In the 1940s, writing for Time, he was one of the most influential film critics in the United States. His autobiographical novel, A Death in the Family (1957), won the author a posthumous 1958 Pulitzer Prize. Agee is also known as a co-writer of the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men and as the screenwriter of the film classics The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter.
- Born
- 1909-11-27, Knoxville, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 1955-05-16, New York City, USAA Monday, aged 45
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1909-11-27, Knoxville, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 4°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 9°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 1°42′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 21°59′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 2°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 8°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 16°49′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 18°38′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 19°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 26°16′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1955-05-16, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 25°00′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 14°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 16°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 26°30′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 23°50′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 25°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 17°19′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 24°28′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 26°07′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 24°19′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment James Agee was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.