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Full Name: James Lafayette Dickey
Biography:
(1923-1997) Poet, novelist. James Dickey moved to New York in 1956, and worked for the advertising agency, McCann-Erickson. Dickey was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1966 to 1968.
Author's Timeline:
1923 (Unknown) County
James Lafayette Dickey was born in Buckhead, Georgia, in 1923. 
1997 (Unknown) County
James Dickey was interred in All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pawleys Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina. 
1997 (Unknown) County
James Dickey died in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1997. 
1956 New York County
Dickey moved to New York in 1956, and worked for the advertising agency, McCann-Erickson, in Manhattan, New York. 
1965 (Unknown) County
Buckdancer's Choice
Collection of poetry and winner of the National Book Award in 1966. 
1970 (Unknown) County
Deliverance
Novel. 
1960 (Unknown) County
Into The Stone, And Other Poems
Collection of poetry. 
1962 (Unknown) County
Drowning With Others
Collection of poetry. 
1964 (Unknown) County
Helmets
Collection of poetry. 
1968 (Unknown) County
Poems, 1957-1967
Collection of poetry. 
1970 (Unknown) County
The Eye-Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead, and Mercy
Collection of poetry. 
1979 (Unknown) County
The Strength Of Fields
Collectiion of poetry. 
1987 (Unknown) County
Alnilam
Novel. 
1976 (Unknown) County
The Zodiac
Collection of poetry. 

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