Identificatie
Soort entiteit
Persoon
Geauthoriseerde naam
Snyder, Gary
Parallelle vormen van de naam
Gestandaardiseerde naamvorm(en) volgens andere regels.
- Snyder, Gary, 1930-
Aandere naamsvormen
- Gary Sherman Snyder
- Gary S. Snyder
- Gary Snyder
- Snyder, Gary S.
- Snyder, Gary Sherman
Identificatiecode voor organisaties
Beschrijving
Bestaansperiode
1930-
Geschiedenis
Gary Snyder was a poet associated with the Beat Generation in the San Francisco of the 1950's. He was the protagonist in Jack Kerouac's «The Dharma Bums». His writing interests have included ecology and the myths of Japan, China, and of the Native Americans. He knew Merton's poet friend, Cid Corman, and Merton's friend in publishing, James Laughlin. At this time, Snyder was spending some time in the Sierra Nevada mountains between living in Japan and studying Zen. (Source: "Snyder, Gary". Biography from Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Biography . 2000. Online. Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 9 May 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)