About Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder is an american poet and academic writer. He is the author of many books of poetry and is also known as a critic and environmental activist. He has been described as the poet laureate of Deep Ecology. Gary 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. Snyder has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese and was an academic at the University of California. He is widely regarded as a member of the Beat Generation circle of writers: he was one of the poets that read at the famous Six Gallery event, and was written about in one of Kerouac's most popular novels, The Dharma Bums.Browse all poems and texts published on Gary Snyder
