Wendell Berry
Wendell Erdman Berry is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977). His attention to the culture and economy of rural communities is also found in the novels and stories of Port William, such as A Place on Earth (1967), Jayber Crow (2000), and That Distant Land (2004).
5 August 1934
Born on the same birth date (5 August 1934): Gay Byrne • Karl Johan Åström
Born on the same birth day (5 August): Bernie Carbo • Carola of Vasa • David Healy (footballer) • Erich Kleiber • Federica Pellegrini • Gil Vermouth • Harry Trott • James Gunn • Kim Gevaert • Loni Anderson • Louise of the Netherlands • Mark Mulder • Ray Clemence • Richie Ginther • Theodore Whitmore • Thomas Lynch Jr. • Xavier Trias
Born in the same month (August 1934): Bob Hepple • Bobby Byrd • Derek Birdsall • Dimitris Papamichael • Eddie Ilarde • Haystacks Calhoun • John Standing • Ketty Lester • Lise Bacon • Michael May (racing driver) • Pierre Richard • Piers Anthony • Rafer Johnson • Renée Richards • Roberto Clemente • Sam Trimble • Sándor Simó