# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-dickey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:30:03.846Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-dickey"
name: "James Dickey"
slug: "james-dickey"
description: "James Lafayette Dickey was an American poet, novelist, critic, and lecturer. He was appointed the 18th United States Poet Laureate in 1966. His other accolades included the National Book Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship."
tagline: "American writer (1923–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Dickey.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1923-02-02"
deathDate: "1997-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.609999999999999
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  currentAttention:     4.68
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "James Dickey"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump