Zona de identitate
Type of entity
Person
Forma autorizată a numelui
Snyder, Gary
Formularul paralel (e) de nume
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Snyder, Gary, 1930-
Alta forma(e) a numelui
- Gary Sherman Snyder
- Gary S. Snyder
- Gary Snyder
- Snyder, Gary S.
- Snyder, Gary Sherman
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Description area
Dates of existence
1930-
Istorie
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›.)