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Gary Snyder

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Born: May 07 1930

Gary Snyder is an American poet , essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Since the 1970s, he has frequently been described as the 'laureate of Deep Ecology'. From the 1950s on, he has published travel-journals and essays from time to time. His work in his various roles reflects his immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. Snyder has also translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. As a social critic, Snyder has much in common with Lewis Mumford, Aldous Huxley, Karl Hess, Aldo Leopold, and Karl Polanyi. Snyder was for many years on the faculty of the University of California, Davis, and for a time served on the California Arts Council.

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Gary Snyder

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: May 07 1930

Gary Snyder is an American poet , essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Since the 1970s, he has frequently been described as the 'laureate of Deep Ecology'. From the 1950s on, he has published travel-journals and essays from time to time. His work in his various roles reflects his immersion in both Buddhist spirituality and nature. Snyder has also translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. As a social critic, Snyder has much in common with Lewis Mumford, Aldous Huxley, Karl Hess, Aldo Leopold, and Karl Polanyi. Snyder was for many years on the faculty of the University of California, Davis, and for a time served on the California Arts Council.

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Gary Snyder. . In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:36, October 19, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?t...

Books from Gary Snyder

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Practice of the Wild

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Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

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No Nature: New and Selected Poems

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The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations

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Danger on Peaks: Poems

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Axe Handles: Poems

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A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds

The Real Work: Interviews and Talks, 1964-79

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The Etiquette of Freedom: Gary Snyder, Jim Harrison, and The Practice of the Wild

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The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry

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The Mountains and Waters Sutra: A Practitioner's Guide to Dogen's "Sansuikyo"

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A Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters

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