Wendell Berry, Kentucky Agrarian Author and Poet, Dies at 92

Wendell Berry, the influential Kentucky author and agrarian advocate, has died at age 92.

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Wendell Berry, a Kentucky-born author and agrarian, has died at the age of 92. ^[1] Wendell Berry was 92 years old at the time of his death. ^[2] Wendell Berry was known for celebrating farming communities in his native state and warning of the excesses of an industrial, commercialized society. ^[3] Berry lived on Lanes Landing Farm in Henry County, west of the Kentucky River, for more than 60 years with his wife Tanya and their children Mary and Pryor. ^[4] Berry's 1977 book The Unsettling of America argued against mechanized farming and promoted a Christian economy where households are centers of production and care. ^[5] In his 1977 manifesto 'The Unsettling of America,' Berry attacked the consolidation and mechanization of agriculture as a violation of the natural order. ^[6]

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Wendell Berry, a Kentucky-born author and agrarian, has died at the age of 92. · Winnipeg Free Press

Wendell Berry was 92 years old at the time of his death. · Christianity Today

Wendell Berry was known for celebrating farming communities in his native state and warning of the excesses of an industrial, commercialized society. · Winnipeg Free Press

Berry lived on Lanes Landing Farm in Henry County, west of the Kentucky River, for more than 60 years with his wife Tanya and their children Mary and Pryor. · Christianity Today

Berry's 1977 book The Unsettling of America argued against mechanized farming and promoted a Christian economy where households are centers of production and care. · Christianity Today

In his 1977 manifesto 'The Unsettling of America,' Berry attacked the consolidation and mechanization of agriculture as a violation of the natural order. · Winnipeg Free Press

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