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Date of Birth
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08-May-1930
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Place of Birth
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San Francisco
(California, United States of America, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Peninsula, Area code 415)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Snyder, Gary, Gary Sherman Snyder, Gary S. Snyder
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Profession
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Writer, Poet, Author, Educator, Essayist, Translator, Environmentalist
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Gary Snyder is an American man of letters. Perhaps best known as a poet, he is also an essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. He has been described as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology". Snyder is a winner of a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. 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. For many years, Snyder served as a faculty member at the University of California, Davis, and he also served for a time on the California Arts Council.
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