Which writer was appointed Poet Laureate, James Dickey or Joe R. Lansdale?
James Dickey James Lafayette Dickey (February 2, 1923 – January 19, 1997) was an American poet and novelist. He was appointed the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate in 1966. He also received the Order of the South award. Dickey was also a novelist, known for "Deliverance" (1970) which was adapted into an acclaimed film of the same name.
Rab Wilson Rab Wilson (born 1 September 1960, New Cumnock, Ayrshire) is a Scottish poet who writes mainly in the Scots language. His works include a Scots translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the poetry books "Accent o the Mind", "Life Sentence", and "A Map for the Blind".