{"birth_date": "1945-01-06", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "name": "Barry Lopez", "source_records": ["bwb:9781480409163", "bwb:9781480409323", "bwb:9781449452803", "bwb:9781595349897", "amazon:0394221761", "bwb:9781912559558", "marc:marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-003.mrc:438239995:1986"], "death_date": "2020-12-25", "alternate_names": ["Barry Holstun Lopez", "Barry H. Lopez"], "personal_name": "Barry Holstun Lopez", "remote_ids": {"wikidata": "Q809063", "viaf": "31207", "isni": "0000000122755533", "lc_naf": "n79073590", "gnd": "119422867"}, "bio": "Barry Holstun Lopez (January 6, 1945 \u2013 December 25, 2020) was an American essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns. In a career spanning over 50 years, he visited more than 80 countries, and wrote extensively about a variety of landscapes including the Arctic wilderness, exploring the relationship between human cultures and nature. He won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for *Arctic Dreams* (1986) and his *Of Wolves and Men* (1978) was a National Book Award finalist. He was a contributor to magazines including *Harper's Magazine,* *National Geographic,* and *The Paris Review.*", "key": "/authors/OL2675024A", "latest_revision": 5, "revision": 5, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-29T13:35:46.876380"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-05-09T07:26:46.226842"}}