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Barry Holstun (Brennan) Lopez (1945 - 2020)

Barry Holstun Lopez formerly Brennan
Born in Port Chester, Westchester, New York, United Statesmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
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Died at age 75 in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Barry (Brennan) Lopez is Notable.

Barry Holstun Lopez was an American author, essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns.

Parents: Mary Frances (née Holstun) and John Brennan. His parents divorced in 1950, after which his mother married Adrian Bernard Lopez, a businessman, in 1955. Adrian Lopez adopted Barry and his brother, and they both took his surname.

He won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction in 1986 for his book Arctic Dreams: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape.

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