Robert Macfarlane
Robert Macfarlane is a British non-fiction writer, Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Professor of Literature and the Environmental Humanities at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for his books on landscape, nature, place, people, and language, which have been translated into more than thirty languages and widely adapted for music, film, television, and performance. His work explores the relationships between people, place, and the natural world, often blending genres such as travel writing, history, memoir, and cultural criticism.
Awards
['Guardian First Book Award', 'Somerset Maugham Award', 'Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award', 'Boardman-Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature', 'Grand Prize Banff Mountain Festival', 'Scottish Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award', 'Philip Leverhulme Prize', 'E. M. Forster Award for Literature', 'Weston International Award', 'Thoreau Prize for Literary Excellence in Nature Writing', 'Wainwright Prize']
Notable Works
['Mountains of the Mind', 'The Wild Places', 'The Old Ways', 'Landmarks', 'The Lost Words', 'Underland', 'Is a River Alive?']
