# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-lopez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:33:45.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-lopez"
name: "Barry Lopez"
slug: "barry-lopez"
description: "Barry Holstun Lopez was an American essayist, nature writer, and fiction writer whose work is known for its humanitarian and environmental concerns. In a career spanning over 50 years, he visited more than 80 countries, and wrote extensively about a variety of landscapes including the Arctic wilderness, exploring the relationship between human cultures and nature. He won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for Arctic Dreams (1986) and his Of Wolves and Men (1978) was a National Book Award finalist. He was a contributor to magazines including Harper's Magazine, National Geographic, and The Paris Review."
tagline: "American writer (1945–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-01-06"
deathDate: "2020-12-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.61
  momentum:             1.236323851203501
  historical:           13.473944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1905654/"
    handle:    "nm1905654"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barrylopez.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باري لوبيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بارى لوبيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بری لوپز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B2"
    title: "بری لوپز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B9"
    title: "バリー・ロペス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "بیری لوپیز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barry_Lopez"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q809063"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2497248"
    title: "Barry Lopez"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump