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James Dickey
James Lafayette Dickey 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 which was adapted into an acclaimed film of the same name.
BornJames Lafayette Dickey, February 2, 1923, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
DiedJanuary 19, 1997, Columbia, South Carolina, United States
OccupationPoet, novelist, critic, lecturer
NationalityAmerican
PeriodContemporary literature
Notable worksDeliverance, Buckdancer's Choice, Falling, May Day Sermon, and Other Poems, To the White Sea
Notable awardsNational Book Award for Poetry, Guggenheim Fellowship, United States Poet Laureate (1966-68), Order of the South
SpousesMaxine Syerson, (m. 1948–1976, her death), Deborah Dodson, (m. 1976–1997, divorced)
ChildrenChristopher Dickey, Kevin Dickey, Bronwen Dickey

About James Dickey

Poet James Dickey was born on February 2, 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States (He dies at the age of 73, on January 19, 1997).

Poet and author whose novel Deliverance, published in 1970, was made into a film with the same name. Buckdancer's Choice, a poetry collection he published in 1965, won the National Book Award.

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James Dickey before becoming famous

James Dickey was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1923 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Pig (豬).

At Clemson Agricultural College in South Carolina, he was a member of the football team.

Achievement of James Dickey

He was the United States' Poet Laureate for the seventeenth year.

James Dickey's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In 1948, he married Maxine Syerson, and the pair had two boys together. Dickey married Deborah Dodson, with whom he had a daughter, after his first wife died.

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Both he and Cartoonist James Thurber were Georgia natives.

James Dickey Income & Net worth

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Latest information about James Dickey updated on March 23 2023.