Gary Snyder

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in San Francisco, California, The United States

May 08, 1930

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Poetry, Outdoors & Nature

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Gary Snyder is an American poet (originally, often associated with the Beat Generation), 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, an...more

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Average rating: 4.19 · 6,327 ratings · 348 reviews · 42 distinct works · Similar authors

	Turtle Island by Gary Snyder, Michael Corr 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,703 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practice of the Wild 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 759 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1980 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Nature: New and Selected Poems 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 426 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mountains and Rivers Without End 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 400 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Back Country 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 320 ratings — published 1971	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth House Hold 4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Gary Snyder Reader: Prose, Poetry, and Translations by Gary Snyder, Jim Dodge (Introduction) 4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 213 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Axe Handles: Poems 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 197 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Danger on Peaks: Poems 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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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“Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.”
― Gary Snyder

tags: earth, find, gary, place, planet, responibility, snyder

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