Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92

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1. Tue, 1 September 2026

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   • sitkasentinel.com03:36first to report
     Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92

     Author-agrarian Wendell Berry, a Kentucky native who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, has died. He was 92. His daughter, Mary Berry, …

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     • click2houston.com1 Sept, 02:34their copy
     • wohfradio.com1 Sept, 14:00their copy
   • The Guardian World06:34
     Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92

     Author and Kentucky native, who celebrated the farming world of his home state and warned of the excesses of industrial society, died at home Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian whose poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an industrial, commercialized society, has died aged 92. His daughter, Mary Berry, confirmed on Monday that he died in his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. Continue...

   • NPR News13:52
     Beloved writer and environmentalist Wendell Berry has died at age 92

     Wendell Berry has died at age 92 He was a beloved American poet, novelist, essayist, and farmer.

   • PBS NewsHour18:14
     Wendell Berry, Kentucky-born author who advocated a simpler life, has died at 92

     Berry was a prolific writer who published more than 40 books, among them the novels "Nathan Coulter" and "A Place On Earth," the anthology "A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997," and his farming manifesto "The Unsettling of America."

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     • ocregister.com1 Sept, 16:51their copy
2. Wed, 2 September 2026

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   • artvoice.com22:00
     Author Wendell Berry Dead At 92

     Author Wendell Berry died Monday August 31 at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky. He was 92. His daughter Mary Berry confirmed his death to the New York Times. No cause was given.

3. Fri, 4 September 2026

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   • medicinehatnews.com11:04
     For many spiritual seekers, author Wendell Berry was a fellow pilgrim and contrarian

     For Kentucky author Wendell Berry, the environmental crisis he lamented to such great effect in his essays, poetry and fiction was also a human crisis — a deeply spiritual one. Berry, who died Monday at home at age 92, drew that connection in poignant writings across many decades. “Persons cannot be whole alone,” Berry wrote

   • devilslakejournal.com16:00
     Kentucky-born author Wendell Berry dies at age 92

     <p>NEW YORK (AP, Aug. 31, 2026) — Wendell Berry, the Kentucky-born author and agrarian who in poems, stories, novels and essays celebrated the farming communities of his native state and warned of the excesses and misjudgments of an industrial, commercialized society, has died. He was 92.</p>

4. Sun, 6 September 2026

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   • theepochtimes.com14:42
     Wendell Berry Taught This Vegan How to Eat
5. Wed, 9 September 2026

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   • thecatholicherald.com10:30
     Wendell Berry and the freedom of limits

     The life and work of Wendell Berry remind us that escaping inherited limits does not make us limitless – and that some constraints are essential to human flourishing

   • publicradioeast.org14:45
     Wendell Berry’s life on Earth

     Throughout his career, the writer and farmer found joy in a world without end.