Barry Lopez
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Barry Holstun Lopez (born January 6, 1945) is an American essayist, poet, fiction writer and prose stylist whose work is best known for its ecological concerns.
He began attending the University of Notre Dame in 1966 and earned a graduate degree there in 1968. He went on to further graduate study at the University of Oregon (1969-1970). Lopez has been described as “the nation’s premier nature writer” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Frequently compared with Henry David Thoreau, Lopez’s non-fiction writing closely dissects the relationship between human culture and physical landscape, while his fiction addresses issues of intimacy, ethics and identity.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Fiction
- Desert Notes: Reflections in the Eye of a Raven (1976)
- Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter (1977)
- River Notes: The Dance of Herons (1979)
- Winter Count (1981)
- Crossing Open Ground (1989)
- Crow and Weasel (1990)
- Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren (1994)
- Light Action in the Caribbean, 2003
- Resistance, 2005
[edit] Non-Fiction
- Of Wolves and Men (1978), National Book Award finalist
- Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape (1986) National Book Award winner
- Crossing Open Ground (1989)
- The Rediscovery of North America (1991)
- About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory (1998)
- Vintage Lopez, 2004
- 2005 Best American Spiritual Writing (Introduction)
His writing has appeared in Outside, Harper's, Orion, Granta, The Georgia Review, The Paris Review, Manoa, Best American Essays, Best Spiritual Writing, and the “best” collections from National Geographic.[citation needed]
[edit] Awards
- Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
- John Hay Medal
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Lannan award
- National Science Foundation fellowship
- Pushcart Prize
[edit] Interviews
1986 and 1989 audio interviews with Barry Lopez by Don Swaim
[edit] External links
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