Wendell Berry is an American poet and literary fictionist who mainly writes about agriculture, rural life, communities, outdoors and nature. “[He] has written at least twenty-five chapbooks of poems, sixteen volumes of essays, and eleven novels and short story collections” (Shetterly). He is an environmental activist, conservationist, and cultural critic. He is a supporter of Christian pacifism, which he clearly states in his book Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Christ's Teachings About Love, Compassion and Forgiveness (2005). Berry is deeply influenced by William Shakespeare and Henry David Thoreau, who are both poets. On August 5, 1934, in Henry County, Kentucky, Wendell Berry, the first of four, was born to John Marshall Berry and Virginia
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Berry went to a secondary school called the Millersburg Military Institute. He went to the University of Kentucky, where he earned a B.A. and M.A. in English (Wikipedia). He completed his M.A. in 1957 and married Tanya Amyx. Later on, he attended one of Stanford University's creative writing program. Nathan Coulter was published in April 1960. In 1961, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship took Berry and his family to Italy and France. When he came back to the States, for two years, he taught English at New York University, the Bronx location. In 1964, he began teaching creative writing at the University of …show more content…
He has written that there should not be a “split between what we think and what we do. He is an excellent example of that saying. In 1979, Berry engaged participated in a nonviolent civil protest against the construction of a nuclear power plant at Indiana. On February 9, 2003, an essay written by Wendell Berry was published as an ad in The New York Times. It critiqued G. W. Bush’s administration's international strategy for 9\11. On January 4, 2009, Berry and Wes Jackson had an article published in The New York Times about “a 50-year farm bill that addresses forthrightly the problems of soil loss and degradation, toxic pollution, fossil-fuel dependency and the destruction of rural communities.” In January of 2009, Berry released that he was against the death penalty. On March 2, 2009, Berry joined in a non-violent blocking of the gates to a coal-fired power plant. In October 2009, Berry, along with others, petition against and protest the construction of a coal-burning power plant in Clark County, Kentucky. On February 28, 2011, he succeeded and the construction was denied. In 2009, Berry removed his papers from UK because of their interests in coal. “He explained to the Lexington Herald-Leader, "I don't think the University of Kentucky can be so ostentatiously friendly to the coal industry … and still be a friend to me and the interests for which I have stood for the last 45 years. … If
Berry went to a secondary school called the Millersburg Military Institute. He went to the University of Kentucky, where he earned a B.A. and M.A. in English (Wikipedia). He completed his M.A. in 1957 and married Tanya Amyx. Later on, he attended one of Stanford University's creative writing program. Nathan Coulter was published in April 1960. In 1961, a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship took Berry and his family to Italy and France. When he came back to the States, for two years, he taught English at New York University, the Bronx location. In 1964, he began teaching creative writing at the University of …show more content…
He has written that there should not be a “split between what we think and what we do. He is an excellent example of that saying. In 1979, Berry engaged participated in a nonviolent civil protest against the construction of a nuclear power plant at Indiana. On February 9, 2003, an essay written by Wendell Berry was published as an ad in The New York Times. It critiqued G. W. Bush’s administration's international strategy for 9\11. On January 4, 2009, Berry and Wes Jackson had an article published in The New York Times about “a 50-year farm bill that addresses forthrightly the problems of soil loss and degradation, toxic pollution, fossil-fuel dependency and the destruction of rural communities.” In January of 2009, Berry released that he was against the death penalty. On March 2, 2009, Berry joined in a non-violent blocking of the gates to a coal-fired power plant. In October 2009, Berry, along with others, petition against and protest the construction of a coal-burning power plant in Clark County, Kentucky. On February 28, 2011, he succeeded and the construction was denied. In 2009, Berry removed his papers from UK because of their interests in coal. “He explained to the Lexington Herald-Leader, "I don't think the University of Kentucky can be so ostentatiously friendly to the coal industry … and still be a friend to me and the interests for which I have stood for the last 45 years. … If