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Also Known As James Lafayette Dickey
Born February 2, 1923 • Atlanta • Georgia
Died January 19, 1997 (aged 73) • Columbia • South Carolina
Awards And Honors National Book Award
Notable Works “Deliverance”
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Jessamyn West
American writer
Conrad Aiken.
Conrad Aiken
American writer
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
American author
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
American author
Thomas Merton, 1959
Thomas Merton
American writer
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James Agee
American author
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
American author
Portrait of John Steinbeck in a suit and tie, looking downward with a serious expression.
John Steinbeck
American novelist
Sherman Alexie, 2007
Sherman Alexie
American author
John Updike
John Updike
American author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
American writer
Kingston, Maxine Hong
Maxine Hong Kingston
Chinese-American author
Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski
American writer
Terrance Hayes
Terrance Hayes
American poet
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
American author
Robert Lowell, c. 1960
Robert Lowell
American poet
Merwin, W.S.
W.S. Merwin
American poet and translator
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Robert Bly
American author
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
American writer
John Berryman
John Berryman
American poet

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