About Gary Snyder
He has been called the poet laureate of Deep Ecology, won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the American Book Award, incorporated Buddhist spirituality and nature into his work, translated ancient Chinese and modern Japanese literature into English, taught at the University of California, Davis, and served on the California Arts Council.
Awards & Honors
Bollingen Prize
American Book Awards
Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Wallace Stevens Award
PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award
Shelley Memorial Award
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Arts and Letters Award in Literature
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