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Gary Snyder


Born
in Washington State, The United States
May 08, 1930

Genre
Poetry, Outdoors & Nature


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: 4.18 · 16,821 ratings · 1,139 reviews · 286 distinct works • Similar authors
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Axe Handles: Poems
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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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