88 years old (Born on August 05, 1934)
Author of novels, short stories, poems, and essays and recipient of the National Humanities Medal. His best-known works include That Distant Land, Hannah Coulter, and A World Lost.
Wendell Berry's Best Moments
Jena Ball
Happy Birthday Wendell Berry. Your poem, The Peace of Wild Things, has been an ongoing source of comfort and a re
- Jena Ball
(4 days ago)
Bookmarks Magazine
\"People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull.\" Happy birthday, Wendell
- Bookmarks Magazine
(1 week ago)
Scott R. McKinley
Happy 88th Birthday, Wendell Berry!
The first author I met in person in 1983. It seems that there\'s a
- Scott R. McKinley
(1 week ago)
Plough Quarterly
Happy Birthday Wendell Berry:
- Plough Quarterly
(1 week ago)
cassidy hall (she/her)
Happy 88th Birthday, Wendell Berry!
\"Ask the world to reveal its quietude not the silence of machines when they
- cassidy hall (she/her)
(1 week ago)
Jim McWilliams
Happy birthday, Wendell!
- Jim McWilliams
(1 week ago)
NY Society Library
Happy birthday to author Wendell Berry, born in 1934. We recall him visiting the Library (with then-Head Libra
- NY Society Library
(1 week ago)
Tom Eblen
Happy 88th birthday to the great Wendell Berry, the first living writer inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of
- Tom Eblen
(1 week ago)
P.A. Seay
Happy 88th birthday, Wendell Berry! I have taken in the light
that quickened eye and leaf.
May my brain be bright
- P.A. Seay
(1 week ago)
Humanities Magazine
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry! Berry\'s rich writings explore how place inspires & affects human life, paying tribut
- Humanities Magazine
(1 week ago)
Write-In Brian Easley for KY Senate D6
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry!
- Write-In Brian Easley for KY Senate D6
(1 week ago)
Grolier Poetry
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry!
- Grolier Poetry
(1 week ago)
The Book Stall
Happy Birthday to Wendell Berry! If you can read and have more imagination than a doorknob, what ne
- The Book Stall
(1 week ago)
Meghan she/her
\"The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.\" Wendell Berry, The Art of the Co
- Meghan she/her
(1 week ago)
M.S. Bellows, Jr.
Happy birthday and God bless Wendell Berry, possibly my favorite poet/essayist ever, and a profoundly good human be
- M.S. Bellows, Jr.
(1 week ago)
The Bruderhof
\"The freedom of affluence opposes and contradicts the freedom of community life.\" Wendell Berry, The Art of the Co
- The Bruderhof
(1 week ago)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize
Happy Birthday to the Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2013 Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Aw
- Dayton Literary Peace Prize
(1 week ago)
Paul S. Beck
Happy 88th birthday to the incomparable Wendell Berry. If you\'ve never read Jayber Crow, do yourself a favor.
- Paul S. Beck
(1 week ago)
Tncorgi
What are you waiting for?
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry the American poet, novelist and farmer born on this da
- Tncorgi
(1 week ago)
Wendell Berry Quotes
Happy 88th birthday to Wendell Berry! May God grant him many years.
- Wendell Berry Quotes
(1 week ago)
E.E. Reed
Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you. Happy Birthday to that irascible farmer poet, Wendell Berry.
- E.E. Reed
(1 week ago)
Levenger
What are you waiting for?
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry the American poet, novelist and farmer born on this da
- Levenger
(1 week ago)
Adela Jones Holda
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a j
- Adela Jones Holda
(1 week ago)
International Peace Museum ☮️
Happy Birthday to Tristan Cupp, our resident artist! Tristan has worked the kid s room, and Moro
- International Peace Museum ☮️
(1 week ago)
Ashley Rouse
Happy belated birthday Berry! Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our d
- Ashley Rouse
(1 year ago)
Christina Lambert
The day to post your Wendell porch photo. Happy birthday, Wendell Berry!
Your stories have played such a huge ro
- Christina Lambert
(1 year ago)
Grim Lily
Happy birthday Wendell Berry! Thank you so much, you have no idea what kind of impact you\'ve had on my life
- Grim Lily
(1 year ago)
John Fea
Happy birthday!
- John Fea
(1 year ago)
Stephanie Kate Judd
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry. Your words and wisdom are such a gift to us. Thankyou for Port William and all it ho
- Stephanie Kate Judd
(1 year ago)
Travis Norvell
It\'s Wendell Berry\'s birthday. Happy birthday Appalachian prophet. I can\'t find a picture of him riding a bike, bu
- Travis Norvell
(1 year ago)
Alden Bass
Happy Birthday Wendell Berry, my teacher in the Way of Ignorance. Give your approval to all you cannot understand
- Alden Bass
(1 year ago)
Austin Kleon
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry.
(Quote from KEEP GOING:
- Austin Kleon
(1 year ago)
sharky
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry. Can we get to read him and instead of good ole JD please?
- sharky
(1 year ago)
Readers, Thinkers, Drinkers & all Things Literary
Happy bday Wendell Berry. \"Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handf
- Readers, Thinkers, Drinkers & all Things Literary
(1 year ago)
Counterpoint Press
Please join us in wishing a happy birthday to our dear friend and inspiration Wendell Berry, who turns 87 today.
- Counterpoint Press
(1 year ago)
Joel Pinckney
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry, a writer who has had more influence on me than maybe any other. Reading back this
- Joel Pinckney
(1 year ago)
Karl Baker
The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cher
- Karl Baker
(1 year ago)
Hardin Crowder
Happy Birthday to Wendell Berry; poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, farmer, story teller and
- Hardin Crowder
(1 year ago)
Lee Sessions
Happy Birthday, Wendell Berry! My favorite Wendell Berry Poem available at the link below
- Lee Sessions
(1 year ago)
Kyle Hopper
Feels weird to wish Wendell Berry a Happy Birthday on message knowing he will most likely never see it!
- Kyle Hopper
(1 year ago)
Silas House
Happy 87th Birthday to Read my essay in about a day spent with him.
- Silas House
(1 year ago)
Bryan Lilly
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry
- Bryan Lilly
(1 year ago)
Bob Coughlin
Happy Birthday, Wendell Berry! Great Kentucky essayist, novelist, poet. Protector of the Natural World! I love his
- Bob Coughlin
(1 year ago)
David Rowe
Happy Wendell Berry Birthday to all! There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.
- David Rowe
(1 year ago)
Diane Scharper
\"Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to t
- Diane Scharper
(1 year ago)
Carson
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry!
- Carson
(1 year ago)
Natalie Elder
Happy birthday to Wendell Berry. He s 87 today and I hope he lives forever
- Natalie Elder
(1 year ago)
Library of America
Happy birthday, Wendell Berry! Fond memories of when members of our staff joined the celebration of his life\'s work
- Library of America
(1 year ago)
Andy Smith
Happy Birthday to Wendell Berry! So happy I discovered his writing through
- Andy Smith
(1 year ago)
Anne Pinkerton
Happy Birthday to Wendell Berry, born this day in 1934.
- Anne Pinkerton
(1 year ago)