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Gary Snyder
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Gary Snyder is an American poet, translator, writer, and trade unionist associated with the Beat Generation. Born in San Francisco on May 8, 1930, he began his work period in 1950. He was educated at Reed College and has served as an employee at the University of California, Davis, where his archives are also held. Additional archives are located at Kent State University.
Snyder writes in English and has received several honors, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, Bollingen Prize, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, and American Book Awards. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Notable works include *Tree song*, *Roadkills*, *American Earth*, and *William Carlos Williams*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Works
- 154
Top works
- William Carlos Williams
- Tree song
- Roadkills
- American Earth
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Film & TV
Acting · San Francisco, California, USA
Known for
- O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder — Self2025
- The Practice of the Wild — Self2010
- Cold Mountain: Han Shan — Self2009
- A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki — Self2006
- The Source — Self1999
- Poetry in Motion — Self1982
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 790
- Total plays
- 3,363
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Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Measurement of Observer Agreement for Categorical Data
· 1977 · cited 63,391x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,577x
- Dynamic capabilities and strategic management
· 1997 · cited 19,798x
- <i>MolProbity</i>: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography
· 2009 · cited 13,854x
- WebLogo: A Sequence Logo Generator: Figure 1
· 2004 · cited 11,866x
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Quotes
- “As a poet I hold the most archaic values on earth. They go back to the upper Paleolithic: the fertility of the soil, the magic of animals, the power-vision in solitude, the terrifying initiation and rebirth, the love and ecstasy of the dance, the common work of the tribe. I try to hold both history and wilderness in mind, that my poems may approach the true measure of things and stand against the unbalance and ignorance of our times.”
- “I never did know exactly what was meant by the term "The Beats," but let's say that the original meeting, association, comradeship of Allen Ginsberg, myself, Michael McClure, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Philip Whalen, who's not here, Lew Welch, who's dead, Gregory Corso, for me, to a somewhat lesser extent (I never knew Gregory as well as the others) did embody a criticism and a vision which we shared in various ways, and then went our own ways for many years.”
- “Better, the perfect, easy discipline of the swallows dip and swoop, without east or west.”
- “How could we be were it not for this planet that provided our very shape? Two conditions—gravity and livable temperature range between freezing and boiling—have given us fluids and flesh. The trees we climb and the ground we walk on have given us five fingers and toes. The "place"... gave us far-seeing eyes, the streams and breezes gave us versatile tongues and whorly ears. The land gave us a stride, and the lake a dive. The amazement gave us our kind of mind.”
- “If, after obtaining Buddhahood, anyone in my land gets tossed in jail on a vagrancy rap, may I not attain highest perfect enlightenment.”
- “I recalled when I worked in the woodsand the bars of Madras, Oregon.That short-haired joy and roughness—America—your stupidity.I could almost love you again.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Gary Sherman Snyder , ( 1930-05-08 ) May 8, 1930 (age 96) , 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
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Encyclopedic overview
Gary Sherman 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". 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.
Life and career
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