Gary Snyder

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environmentalist essayist human poet translator university teacher

Gary Snyder is an American poet, essayist, and environmental activist whose work blends Beat-era experimentation with deep engagement in Zen Buddhism and ecological thought.

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Label	Occurrences
Gary Snyder canonical	28
Gary Sherman Snyder	1
Michael McClure	1

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instanceOf	environmentalist ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived	American Book Award ⓘ Bollingen Prize for Poetry ⓘ John Hay Award for Nature Writing ⓘ National Book Award for Arts and Letters ⓘ surface form: National Book Award Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1930-05-08 ⓘ
educatedAt	Indiana University ⓘ surface form: Indiana University Bloomington Reed College ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
familyName	Snyder ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Buddhist studies ⓘ ecocriticism ⓘ environmentalism ⓘ literature ⓘ
fullName	Gary Snyder self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gary Sherman Snyder
genre	essay ⓘ poetry ⓘ
givenName	Gary ⓘ
influenced	contemporary environmental literature ⓘ ecopoetry ⓘ
influencedBy	Chinese poetry ⓘ Japanese poetry ⓘ Chan Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism indigenous cultures of North America ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	Beat Generation ⓘ Buddhist modernism ⓘ Deep ecology ⓘ San Francisco Renaissance ⓘ
notableWork	Axe Handles ⓘ Earth House Hold ⓘ Mountains and Rivers Without End ⓘ Riprap ⓘ The Back Country ⓘ The Practice of the Wild ⓘ Turtle Island ⓘ
occupation	environmental activist ⓘ essayist ⓘ poet ⓘ translator ⓘ
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
religion	Chan Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Zen Buddhism
residence	Nevada County, California ⓘ surface form: Nevada County, California, United States
spouse	Masa Uehara ⓘ
theme	Buddhist practice ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ nature ⓘ wilderness ⓘ

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