Gary Gach

Gary Gregory Gach (born November 30, 1947)[1] is an American author, translator, editor, teacher and poet living on Russian Hill, San Francisco. His work has been translated into several languages, and has appeared in several anthologies and numerous periodicals. He serves on the International Advisory Panel of the Buddhist Channel, a Malaysian Buddhist news website.[2] He currently hosts Haiku Corner for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.[3]

Gary Gach
Born (1947-11-30) November 30, 1947
Hollywood, California, USA
Occupation
NationalityAmerican

Life

Gach was born to a Jewish family in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1947. He was student body president of John Burroughs Junior High School. He claims to have had a mystic vision at the age of 6.[4] At 11, he read The Way of Zen by Alan Watts, beginning a lifelong interest in Buddhism.

He was formally introduced to meditation by Paul Reps and later studied Hasidic Judaism and Kabbalah, and was introduced to shikantaza by Dainin Katagiri Roshi.

He has worked as an actor, stevedore, typographer, legal secretary, editor-in-chief, webmaster, and teacher (most frequently of late, Stanford Continuing Studies). Besides Buddhism, he teaches haiku, and mentors in English composition (most recently for doctoral students at Sofia University (California).

Bibliography

Author
  • 1974: Preparing the Ground : Poems 1960-1970 (Heirs, International; San Francisco)
  • 1996: The Pocket Guide to the Internet: No-Sweat Guide to the Information Highway (Pocket Books; New York) ISBN 0-671-56850-7
  • 1997: Writers.net: Every Writer's Essential Guide to Online Resources and Opportunities (Prima Publishing; Rocklin, New York) ISBN 0-7615-0641-1
  • 2001–2009: Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism (Alpha Books, New York) ISBN 0-02-864170-1; 2nd edition, 2004 - ISBN 1592572774; 3rd edition, 2009 - ISBN 1592579116.
  • 2018: Pause Breathe Smile – Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation Is Not Enough (Sounds True, Colorado) ISBN 1683641752

Translator

Editor
  • 1998: What Book!? : Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop, introduction by Peter Coyote (Parallax Press; Albany, California) ISBN 0-938077-92-9 (American Book Award) [6]

Awards

Gach is a recipient of an American Book Award (from the Before Columbus Foundation) in 1999 for What Book!?[7] Shortlisted for Northern California Book Award for Translation, for Songs for Tomorrow and finalist for Flowers of a Moment (Lannan Translations Selection). Nautilus Book Awards for Complete Idiot's Guide to Buddhism 3rd ed'n.

References
  1. Johnson, Curt (ed.). Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors and Poets, 1988, December Press, 1988, ISBN 978-0-913204-21-4, p148
  2. "The Buddhist Channel website". Buddhistchannel.tv. Retrieved 2013-08-25.
  3. "Haiku Corner". Tricycle.org. 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2016-09-23.
  4. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism
  5. "microreview". Boston Review.
  6. "No Book — by Steven Robert Allen". Daily Alibi, August 16, 1999.
  7. "American Book Awards" (PDF). Before Columbus Foundation.
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