Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder 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. He has translated literature into English from ancient Chinese and modern Japanese. For many years, Snyder was an academic at the University of California, Davis, and for a time served as a member of the California Arts Council.

8 May 1930

Born on the same birth date (8 May 1930): Doug Atkins • Heather Harper

Born on the same birth day (8 May): Barbara Howard (athlete) • Bertalan Székely • Chinmayananda Saraswati • David Keith (actor) • Doug Atkins • Henry Dunant • Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla • Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco • Nicolaes Witsen • Norman Lamont • Peter McNab • Sid James • Ted Sorensen • Turkey Stearnes

Born in the same month (May 1930): Clint Eastwood • Doug Atkins • Edsger W. Dijkstra • Eugene Genovese • Fred Saberhagen • Friedrich Achleitner • George E. Smith • Heather Harper • Joan Sims • John Barth • Karim Emami • Katherine Jackson • Kenny Ball • Little Walter • Malcolm Fraser • Marco Pannella • Marisol Escobar • Mark Birley • Mike Gravel • Sam Etcheverry • Sonia Rykiel • Tommy Bryant • Warren Rudman