Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder
	Snyder in 2007
Born	May 8, 1930 (age 94); San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Poet; essayist; travel writer; translator; educator;
Education	Reed College (BA); Indiana University, Bloomington
Period	1950–present
Literary movement	San Francisco Renaissance, Beat Generation
Notable works	Turtle Island, 1974; The Real Work, 1980; A Place in Space, 1995; Mountains and Rivers Without End, 1996
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1975; American Book Award, 1984; Bollingen Prize for Poetry, 1997; John Hay Award for Nature Writing, 1997; Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, 2008

Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) 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".^[2] 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.

^ "Poetry Foundation: Gary Snyder Wins 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize". 2008-04-29. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
^ Kopecky, Petr (2006). "Nature Writing in American Literature: Inspirations, Interrelations, and Impacts of California Authors on the Deep Ecology Movement". The Trumpeter. 22 (2). ISSN 0832-6193. Retrieved 8 December 2022. [George] Sessions' numerous references to Snyder have not passed unnoticed by other scholars. In his influential study The Idea of Wilderness (1991), Max Oelschlaeger titled the section on Snyder 'Poet Laureate of Deep Ecology.' What is even more striking is that in the footnote, Oelschlaeger confesses that 'Sessions in particular has influenced me to see and read Snyder as the poet laureate of deep ecology.'

[1] "Poetry Foundation: Gary Snyder Wins 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize". 2008-04-29. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-26.

[2] Kopecky, Petr (2006). "Nature Writing in American Literature: Inspirations, Interrelations, and Impacts of California Authors on the Deep Ecology Movement". The Trumpeter. 22 (2). ISSN 0832-6193. Retrieved 8 December 2022. [George] Sessions' numerous references to Snyder have not passed unnoticed by other scholars. In his influential study The Idea of Wilderness (1991), Max Oelschlaeger titled the section on Snyder 'Poet Laureate of Deep Ecology.' What is even more striking is that in the footnote, Oelschlaeger confesses that 'Sessions in particular has influenced me to see and read Snyder as the poet laureate of deep ecology.'

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Gary Snyder
Snyder in 2007
Born	(1930-05-08) May 8, 1930 (age 94) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Occupation	Poet essayist travel writer translator educator
Education	Reed College (BA) Indiana University, Bloomington
Period	1950–present
Literary movement	San Francisco Renaissance, Beat Generation
Notable works	Turtle Island, 1974; The Real Work, 1980; A Place in Space, 1995; Mountains and Rivers Without End, 1996
Notable awards	Pulitzer Prize for poetry, 1975; American Book Award, 1984; Bollingen Prize for Poetry, 1997; John Hay Award for Nature Writing, 1997; Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, 2008^[1]