Gary Snyder was born on May 8, 1930 and is an American writer. He is a poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist with anarchoprimitivist leanings. His early work has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance. It has been said of him that he is the “poet laureate of Deep Ecology.”
Snyder is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry as well as the American Book Award. In his numerous positions, his work demonstrates an immersion in Buddhist philosophy and environment.
He has translated ancient Chinese and modern Japanese literature into English. Snyder was a professor at the University of California, Davis for many years and a member of the California Arts Council for a time.
Gary Snyder was born on May 8, 1930 and is an American writer. He is a poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist with anarchoprimitivist leanings. His early work has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance.
It has been said of him that he is the “poet laureate of Deep Ecology.” Snyder is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry as well as the American Book Award. In his numerous positions, his work demonstrates an immersion in Buddhist philosophy and environment.
He has translated ancient Chinese and modern Japanese literature into English. Snyder was a professor at the University of California, Davis for many years and a member of the California Arts Council for a time.
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Snyder married Alison Gass during his Reed years, but they divorced after seven months. In 1960, he wed Joanne Kyger; they divorced in 1965. In 1967, he married Masa Uehara in Japan, and the couple produced two sons, Kai in 1968 and Gen in 1969.
In 1989, Snyder and Masa divorced. Snyder married Carole Koda in 1991 and lived with her until her 2007 death from cancer.
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