Wendell Berry is a poet and author from Kentucky. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky in 1956 and earned his master’s degree in 1957.
Berry has received awards and honors including a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 1962, a National Institute of Arts and Letters award for writing in 1971, and the Aitken-Taylor Award for Poetry from The Sewanee Review in 1998. His most recent works include The Mad Farmer Poems (2008) and Whitefoot (2009).
Currently, Berry lives and works with his wife Tanya on their farm in Port Royal, Kentucky.
Information from Berry’s Website.
