▁Category : 1 9 7 9 ▁death s ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁Christ ' s ▁College , ▁Cambridge ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁R id ley ▁Hall , ▁Cambridge ▁Category : B ul wal asi ▁The ological ▁College ▁fac ulty ▁Category : B ish ops ▁of ▁Northern ▁U g anda <0x0A> </s> ▁James ▁La f ay ette ▁Dic key ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁– ▁January ▁ 1 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁poet ▁and ▁novel ist . ▁He ▁was ▁appointed ▁the ▁eigh teenth ▁United ▁States ▁Po et ▁La ure ate ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 6 . ▁He ▁also ▁received ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁award . ▁Dic key ▁was ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁novel ▁Del iver ance ▁( 1 9 7 0 ) ▁which ▁was ▁adapted ▁into ▁an ▁acc laimed ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁Dic key ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁lawyer ▁Eug ene ▁Dic key ▁and ▁Ma ib elle ▁Swift ▁in ▁Atlanta , ▁Georgia , ▁where ▁he ▁attended ▁North ▁F ult on ▁High ▁School ▁in ▁Atlanta ' s ▁Buck head ▁neighborhood . ▁After ▁gradu ation ▁from ▁North ▁F ult on ▁High ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁Dic key ▁completed ▁a ▁post grad uate ▁year ▁at ▁Dar ling ton ▁School ▁in ▁Rome , ▁Georgia . ▁Dic key ▁asked ▁to ▁be ▁dismiss ed ▁from ▁the ▁Dar ling ton ▁roll s ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁letter ▁to