Gary Snyder

Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet associated with the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance, renowned for blending Zen Buddhism, environmental activism, and nature-inspired themes in his work, earning the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1975 for Turtle Island and other honors like the Bollingen Prize. Pulitzer.org. His notable works include Riprap (1959), Myths & Texts (1960), Turtle Island (1974), Axe Handles (1983), and Mountains and Rivers Without End (1996), establishing him as the "poet laureate of Deep Ecology."