Gary Snyder
Poet, Author
1930 –
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Who is Gary Snyder?
Gary Snyder is an American man of letters. Perhaps best known as a poet, he is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. He has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. His work, in his various roles, reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. Snyder has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. For many years, Snyder served as a faculty member at the University of California, Davis, and he also served for a time on the California Arts Council.
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- Born
- May 8, 1930
San Francisco - Also known as
- Snyder, Gary
- Gary Sherman Snyder
- Gary S. Snyder
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Alison Gass
(1950 - 1953) - Joanne Kyger
(1960/02/28 - )
- Alison Gass
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Ethnicity
- White American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Reed College
Anthropology
(1947 - 1951) - Literature
- University of California, Berkeley
Oriental Languages
(1953 - 1956) - Lincoln High School
- Bachelor's degree, Reed College
- Employment
- University of California, Davis
- Lived in
- California
(1968 - )
- California
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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