James Dickey
February 02, 1923 – January 19, 1997
Countries:
USA
Place of Birth:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Place of Death:
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey was best known for his novel Deliverance (1970) which was adapted into an acclaimed film of the same name.