Barry Holstun Lopez was an American author, essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns.
13 Facts About Barry Lopez
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Barry Lopez won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for Arctic Dreams and his Of Wolves and Men was a National Book Award finalist.
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Barry Lopez was a contributor to magazines including Harper's Magazine, National Geographic, and The Paris Review.
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Barry Lopez's family moved to Reseda, California after the birth of his brother, Dennis, in 1948.
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Barry Lopez attended grade school at Our Lady of Grace during this time.
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Barry Lopez's parents divorced in 1950, after which his mother married Adrian Bernard Lopez, a businessman, in 1955.
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When Lopez was 11, his family relocated to Manhattan, where he attended the Loyola School, graduating in 1962.
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Barry Lopez attended New York University and the University of Oregon.
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Barry Lopez was a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine and a contributor to many magazines including National Geographic, The Paris Review, and Outside.
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Arctic Dreams describes five years in the Canadian Arctic, where Barry Lopez worked as a biologist.
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Crow and Weasel thematizes the importance of metaphor, which Barry Lopez described in an interview as one of the definitive "passion[s]" of humanity.
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Barry Lopez taught at universities including Columbia University, Eastern Washington University, University of Iowa, and Carleton College, Minnesota.
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Barry Lopez died on December 25,2020, from complications of prostate cancer, in Eugene, Oregon.