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Gary Snyder


Born
in San Francisco, California, The United States
May 08, 1930

Genre
Poetry, Outdoors & Nature


Gary Snyder is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award. His work, in his various roles, reflects an immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. He has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. For many years, Snyder was an academic at the University of California, Davis, and for a time served as a member of the California Arts Council. ...more

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Average rating: 4.17 · 17,899 ratings · 1,269 reviews · 323 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Back Country
4.19 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 1967 — 19 editions
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Earth House Hold: Technical...
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4.36 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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Axe Handles: Poems
4.20 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
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Danger on Peaks: Poems
3.95 avg rating — 420 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions
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“O, ah! The awareness of emptiness brings forth a heart of compassion!”
― Gary Snyder
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“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
― Gary Snyder
tags: conservation, home, nature
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“There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. And those who stay clean, just appreciate things. At breakfast they have milk and juice at night. There are those who do both, they drink tea.”
― Gary Snyder
tags: coffee, drink, gary, snyder, tea, there, those
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