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Born | James Lafayette Dickey February 2, 1923 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | January 19, 1997[1][2] Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.[1][2] | (aged 73)
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Relatives | Thomas Swift Dickey, Sr. (brother) |
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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.
Dickey is best known for his novel Deliverance (1970), which was adapted into the acclaimed 1972 film of the same name.
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