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Biography
Gary Sherman Snyder 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Wallace Stevens Award · 2012
- PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award · 2011
- Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize · 2008
- Bollingen Prize · 1997
- Shelley Memorial Award · 1986
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- American Book Awards · 1984
- Pulitzer Prize — Poetry · 1975
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1968
- Arts and Letters Award in Literature · 1966
