Snyder, Gary

Gary Snyder
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Gary Snyder

Name	Snyder, Gary Gender: M
Birthname	Gary Sherman Snyder
born on	8 May 1930 at 18:12 (= 6:12 PM )
Place	San Francisco, California, 37n47, 122w25
Timezone	PST h8w (is standard time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: CAH
Astrology data	17°44' 02°08 Asc. 07°52'

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Biography

American poet, author and member of the beat-generation with Ginsberg and Kerouac, the prototype for "Dharma Bums." Snyder lived in Japan for eight years beginning in 1956 and, later studied Buddhism there. In 1968 he won a prestigious Guggenheim fellowship and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1975, after publication of his book "Turtle Island" in 1974. .His poetic voice gave influence to ecological and peace movements. A widely-known lecturer, he is also the author of "Axe Handles" and has taught at the University of California.

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Relationships

• associate relationship with Ginsberg, Allen (born 3 June 1926). Notes: Participants in Six Gallery reading

• associate relationship with Lamantia, Philip (born 23 October 1927). Notes: Participants in Six Gallery reading

• associate relationship with McClure, Michael (born 20 October 1932). Notes: Participants in Six Gallery reading

• friend relationship with Kerouac, Jack (born 12 March 1922)

Events

• Work : Gain social status 7 October 1955 in San Francisco (Six Gallery poetry reading)
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• Work : Prize 1975 (Pulitzer Prize)

Source Notes

Contemporary American Horoscopes, Gauquelin Book of American Charts

(Linda Clark quotes him for 9:30 AM, a time about which "he felt sure as he had an astrologer do his chart.")

Categories

• Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Eastern

• Vocation : Education : Public speaker (Lecturer)

• Vocation : Education : Teacher

• Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political

• Vocation : Writers : Fiction

• Vocation : Writers : Poet

• Notable : Awards : Pulitzer prize (1975)