Barry Lopez

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.

Barry Lopez

Arctic Dreams

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]}