Born: 1923 in Atlanta, Georgia
James Dickey lived in Georgia through high school
Served the military fighter planes during WWII
James spent time teaching and to further postgrad studies in TX, FL, and Europe
He went more towards the career of an advertising writer instead of poet/teacher
Left a huge amount of literary: poetry, and criticism, probing deeper into the relations between nature and humanity
James's poetry has gotten a lot of attention, which grew to include novels, screen writing, and as well as children's books.
In 1961, he returned to writing full time in Atlanta after leaving his advertising job
In 1966, James Dickey received both the National Book Award and the Melville Cane Award of the Poetry Society of America
He was also named, "Poet Laureate"
James won France's Prix Medicis for best foreign book of the year, which became an Academy Award-nominated film (for which Dickey wrote the screenplay)
James Dickey is a well-renouned international figure, yet his Georgia roots remained ever a part of his native South
In 1975, Jimmy Carter invited him to compose a poem for the presidential inaguration
James was inducted into the fifty member American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1988
Died: 1997 in Columbia, South Carolina