James Dickey
This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2013) James Dickey Born James Lafayette Dickey (1923-02-02)February 2, 1923 Atlanta, Georgia Died January 19, 1997(1997-01-19) (aged 73) Columbia, South Carolina, USA Occupation Poet, novelist, critic, lecturer Nationality American Period Contemporary literature James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award.