Gary Snyder’s exquisite poetry has won him numerous honors, including the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for his book Turtle Island
, and the 1997 Bollingen Prize for the book-length epic poem Mountains and Rivers Without End
. For many of us, Snyder is especially important for his seminal role in introducing Buddhism to the West, which he continues to promote with unsurpassed lyricism, clarity and common sense.