Barry Lopez
Nació 6 de enero de 1945 · Murió 25 de diciembre de 2020
Barry Holstun Lopez (6 de enero de 1945 – 25 de diciembre de 2020) fue un ensayista, escritor de temas naturales y narrador estadounidense, cuya obra se distingue por su preocupación humanitaria y ambiental. A lo largo de una carrera que abarcó más de cincuenta años, visitó más de ochenta países y escribió extensamente sobre diversos paisajes, entre ellos la región ártica, explorando la relación entre las culturas humanas y la naturaleza. Ganó el Premio Nacional del Libro de No Ficción por *Sueños árticos* (1986), y *De lobos y hombres* (1978) fue finalista de ese mismo premio. Colaboró con revistas como *Harper's Magazine*, *National Geographic* y *The Paris Review*.
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“I imagined in everybody I passed there was some story that they carried with them that would break your heart. So how could you have the temerity to approach that person and say, here's what's wrong with you?”
On learning empathy after a cancer diagnosis in “Writer Barry Lopez Reflects OnEn inglés “The peculiar thing that he said was, all of our chiefs die on the road. And what he was talking about was, we must all bear up and know that we will all pass away, but it's important to keep these things alive and to give your life to the protection of these ideals.”
On the advice given to him by a Onondaga elder in “Writer Barry Lopez Reflects OEn inglés “In the west, we believe we are the most progressive and socially just, but a lot of that is just a hopeful illusion.”
On the West’s environmental thinking in “'We're living in emergency times': natuEn inglés
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Los libros de Barry Lopez en orden
Los libros de Barry Lopez en el orden en que se publicaron, de Desert Notes (1976) a Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World (2022).
- 1Desert Notes
Desert Notes1976 - 2Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter
Giving Birth to Thunder, Sleeping with His Daughter1977 - 3Of Wolves and Men
Of Wolves and Men1978 - 4River Notes : The Dance of Herons
River Notes : The Dance of Herons1980 - 5Winter Count
Winter Count1981 - 6Sueños árticos
Sueños árticos1986 - 7Crossing Open Ground
Crossing Open Ground1988 - 8Coyote LoveCoyote Love1989
- 9Crow and Weasel
Crow and Weasel1990 - 10The Rediscovery of North America
The Rediscovery of North America1990 - 11Field Notes
Field Notes1994 - 12About This Life - Journeys On The Threshold Of Memory
About This Life - Journeys On The Threshold Of Memory1998 - 13Apologia
Apologia1998 - 14About This Life-Canadian EditiAbout This Life-Canadian Editi1999
- 15Desert Notes/River Notes
Desert Notes/River Notes1999 - 16Light Action in the Caribbean
Light Action in the Caribbean2000 - 17Patriotism and the American Land (The New Patriotism Series,
Patriotism and the American Land (The New Patriotism Series, Vol. 2) (The New Patriotism Series)2002 - 18Horizon
Horizon2003 - 19Resistance
Resistance2004 - 20Vintage Lopez
Vintage Lopez2004 - 21Home Ground
Home Ground2006 - 22The Future of Nature
The Future of Nature2007 - 23Outside
Outside2014 - 24Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World2022