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James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. [3] He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. [ 5 ] He also received the Order of the South award.
Widely regarded as one of the major mid-century American poets, James Dickey was born in 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is known for his sweeping historical vision and eccentric poetic style.
Aug 1, 1998 · James Dickey seemed to come out of nowhere in the 1960s, arriving in a flood of poetry -- strange, exalted verse stories.
The author of numerous collections of poetry, James Dickey's work experimented with language and syntax, addressing humanity and violence by presenting the instincts of humans and animals as antithetical to the false safety of civilization.
James Dickey was an American poet, novelist, and critic best known for his poetry combining themes of nature mysticism, religion, and history and for his novel Deliverance (1970). Dickey attended Clemson College in South Carolina before serving as a fighter-bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces.
James Dickey, perhaps best known for his rugged novel "Deliverance," was one of the nation's most distinguished modern poets, as well as a critic, lecturer and teacher.
James Dickey was born in Buckhead, Georgia, in 1923. He was the author of more than 25 poetry collections, including Into the Stone and Other Poems (1960); Helmets (1964); and Buckdancer’s Choice (1965), which won a National Book Award and a Melville Cane Award from the Poetry Society of America.
Jan 21, 1997 · James Dickey, one of the nation's most distinguished modern poets and a critic, lecturer and teacher perhaps best known for his rugged novel ''Deliverance,'' died on Sunday in Columbia, S.C. He...
Dickey, James (1923- 97), U.S. writer. One of the United States most distinguished poets and winner of the National Book Award for poetry, James Dickey was also a lecturer, teacher, critic, essayist, and novelist. He was perhaps best known as the author of the novel Deliverance (1970).
2 days ago · James Dickey. James Dickey. James Lafayette Dickey (2 February 1923 – 19 January 1997) was a popular American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1966.
