Wendell Berry, Acclaimed American Writer, Farmer and Environmentalist, Died at 92

Key facts

• Wendell Berry, an acclaimed American writer, farmer and environmentalist, died at the age of 92 on August 31, 2026, at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky.
• He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, on August 5, 1934, and was raised in a farming community.
• He wrote more than 50 books and became one of America's strongest voices against industrial farming and environmental destruction.
• His 1977 book "The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture" became a landmark work in the sustainable farming movement.
• In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal for his achievements as a poet, novelist, farmer and conservationist.