肯塔基州作家温德尔·贝里于周一在家去世，享年92岁1。贝里以散文、诗歌和小说著称，将环境危机与人类精神危机联系起来，倡导可持续农业和人文精神价值1。其思想影响了作家、艺术家、环保人士和精神追求者1。贝里认为身心健康与精神完整、文化秩序和生态环境密不可分1。
贝里的学术生涯成就斐然。他在1977年出版了经典著作《美国的动摇：文化与农业》1，该书50周年纪念版近日宣布出版1。他最后一部小说《玛丝·卡特莱特：故事的力量》于2025年面世，当时他已91岁1。他的诗集《安息日诗篇》反映了他对圣经安息日概念的理解1。
在实践中，贝里是一位激进的行动主义者。他拒绝使用拖拉机耕作，而是坚持用马匹劳作，以此对抗工业农业的"要么做大要么出局"政策1。他还曾参与占据肯塔基州州长办公室，抗议山顶移除采矿1。位于肯塔基州纽卡斯尔的贝里中心继续推广他所倡导的价值观1。
Wendell Berry, the Kentucky writer whose essays, poetry, and fiction wove together environmental crisis with spiritual reckoning, died Monday at his home at age 92.1 Throughout his career, Berry connected physical and mental wellbeing to spiritual wholeness, cultural order, and ecological health, shaping the thinking of writers, artists, environmentalists, and spiritual seekers who embraced his contrarian vision.1
Berry's landmark work The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture appeared in 1977, establishing his critique of industrial farming practices.1 He lived according to his convictions, refusing to use tractors and instead working his land with horses, rejecting what he saw as agriculture's destructive "get big or get out" ethos.1 His activism extended to direct protest; he participated in the occupation of the Kentucky governor's office to oppose mountaintop removal mining.1 His body of work also included Sabbath Poems, which explored biblical concepts of rest and renewal.1 His final novel, Marce Catlett: The Force of a Story, was published in 2025 when he was 91 years old.1
Berry's influence endures through institutions dedicated to his philosophy. The Berry Center, located in Newcastle, Kentucky, continues to promote the values he championed throughout his life.1 A 50th anniversary edition of The Unsettling of America has been announced for publication, ensuring his foundational work reaches new generations of readers grappling with questions of culture, agriculture, and human flourishing.1
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