Robert Macfarlane (writer)

Robert Macfarlane
Born (1976-08-15) 15 August 1976 (age 47)
EducationPembroke College, Cambridge, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Occupation(s)Writer, Professor
Known forNature writing
Notable workMountains of the Mind; The Wild Places; The Old Ways; Landmarks; The Lost Words; Underland
SpouseJulia Lovell
ChildrenLily Iona Macfarlane, Thomas Edward Macfarlane, William Alexander Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane (born 15 August 1976) is a British writer and Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

He is best known for his books on landscape, nature, place, people and language, which include The Old Ways (2012), Landmarks (2015), The Lost Words (2017) and Underland (2019). In 2017 he received The E. M. Forster Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is married to professor of modern Chinese history and literature Julia Lovell.