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Atlanta, Georgia, USA
James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet and novelist. His first book, Into the Stone and Other Poems, was published in 1960. Drowning with Others was published in 1962. Dickey's popularity exploded after the film version of his novel Deliverance (1970) was released in 1972. He had a cameo in the film as a sheriff.
Known for
- Tales of the Unknown South — Host1984
- Kudzu — Self/Poet1977
- Deliverance — Sheriff Bullard1972
- The Dangerous World of 'Deliverance' — Self1972
- Lord, Let Me Die but Not Die Out — Self/Poet1970
- The Big Story — Prosecutor1949
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Atlanta
- Place of death
- Columbia
- Occupation
- novelist
- Employer
- Rice University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- poetry
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- James Dickey.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1923-02-02
- date of death
- 1997-01-19
- name in native language
- James Dickey
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- James Dickey
- place of burial
- Pawleys Island
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