Poet Gary Snyder

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Gary Snyder

Living place: California

Birthday: 8-5-1930 (94 years old)

Population of US 1930: 123,076,741

Global rank: #69450

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Poet Gary Snyder profile

Who is Poet Gary Snyder?
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and author associated with the Beat Generation. His most famous works include Turtle Island, A Place in Space, and Mountains and Rivers Without End.
He was featured in a documentary titled The Practice of the Wild.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended Indiana University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Family life info

He grew up during the Great Depression in California, Washington, and Oregon. He married Alison Gass in 1950.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Poet Gary Snyder?
He was the inspiration for Japhy's character in The Dharma Bums, a famous novel by Jack Kerouac.

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When was Poet Gary Snyder born?
Gary Snyder birthday 8-5-1930 (at the age of 94).
Where is Poet Gary Snyder's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Gary Snyder was born in California, . is a Poet, whose Zodiac is Taurus, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Gary Snyder's global rank is 69450 and whose rank is 505 in list of famous Poet. Population of US in 1930 is about 123,076,741 persons.
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Events in 1930 and 8-5

Events in US in the birth year of Gary Snyder

  • Unemployment soars, prompting President Hoover to appoint a Commission for Unemployment Relief.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act is passed by Congress. The act brings retaliatory tariff acts from foreign countries, U.S. foreign trade suffers a sharp decline, and the depression intensifies.
  • N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater withdraws all his money from the bank, sells his stock, and disappears. His fate is never learned.

Birthday Gary Snyder (8-5) in history

  • Day 8-5 year 1794: Antoine Laurent Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was beheaded during the Reign of Terror.
  • Day 8-5 year 1877: The first Westminister Dog Show was held.
  • Day 8-5 year 1902: Mount Pelee on Martinique erupted, destroying the town of St. Pierre, and killing 40,000 people.
  • Day 8-5 year 1945: V-E Day marks the European victory of the Allies in World War II.
  • Day 8-5 year 1973: The 10-week Wounded Knee occupation ended when members of the American Indian Movement surrendered.
  • Day 8-5 year 1978: David Berkowitz, a.k.a. the “Son of Sam,” plead guilty to killing six people in New York City.
  • Day 8-5 year 1999: The Citadel in South Carolina graduated its first female cadet, Nancy Mace.
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