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Gary Snyder

1930 - Today

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Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Snyder is the 3,621st most popular writer (down from 3,485th in 2019), the 5,237th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,462nd in 2019) and the 406th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Gary Snyder ranks 3,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacob of Serugh, Nathan Birnbaum, Ramón Chao, Rubem Fonseca, L. J. Smith, and Edvard Radzinsky. After him are Åsa Larsson, Willem Frederik Hermans, Abu Isa al-Warraq, Paul Goma, Bertus Aafjes, and Brigitte Hamann.

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Among people born in 1930, Gary Snyder ranks 302. Before him are Philip Bosco, Guy Béart, Yuri Rytkheu, Pavel Schmidt, Nino Cerruti, and Wojciech Zabłocki. After him are Georges Descrières, Lois Smith, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Jorma Panula, Jānis Krūmiņš, and Sergei Kovalev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Snyder ranks 5,237 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack McGrath (1919), Carl Panzram (1892), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), L. J. Smith (1965), Paula Kelly (1942), and James Samuel Coleman (1926). After him are Jeffrey Katzenberg (1950), Todd Armstrong (1937), Tony Randall (1920), Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911), Rusty Schweickart (1935), and Sylvia Miles (1924).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gary Snyder ranks 406. Before him are Russell Banks (1940), Marilyn French (1929), Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), James Russell Lowell (1819), Brandon Sanderson (1975), and L. J. Smith (1965). After him are William Goldman (1931), Howard Pyle (1853), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), David Foster Wallace (1962), Robert B. Spencer (1962), and James A. Michener (1907).

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