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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 · 17,373 ratings · 1,198 reviews · 289 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Practice of the Wild
4.19 avg rating — 2,654 ratings — published 1990 — 32 editions
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Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems
4.24 avg rating — 1,284 ratings — published 1969 — 22 editions
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Mountains and Rivers Withou...
4.21 avg rating — 948 ratings — published 1996 — 23 editions
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No Nature: New and Selected...
4.19 avg rating — 858 ratings — published 1992 — 8 editions
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The Back Country
4.19 avg rating — 719 ratings — published 1967 — 19 editions
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Earth House Hold: Technical...
4.14 avg rating — 496 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions
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The Gary Snyder Reader: Pro...
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4.38 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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Axe Handles: Poems
4.20 avg rating — 385 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
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Danger on Peaks: Poems
3.94 avg rating — 409 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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