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), Underland (2019) and Is a River Alive? (2025). 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.
In 2022 and 2024, Macfarlane was named as an outside contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Prize in those years was won by Annie Ernaux and Han Kang respectively.
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Jos olet syntynyt tänä päivänä, olet 49 vuotta vanha. Viimeisin syntymäpäiväsi oli perjantaina 15. elokuuta 2025, 286 päivää sitten. Seuraava syntymäpäiväsi on lauantaina 15. elokuuta 2026, 78 päivän kuluttua. Olet elänyt 18 183 päivää tai noin 436 412 tuntia tai noin 26 184 778 minuuttia tai noin 1 571 086 680 sekuntia.
Date: 15 August 1976
By JOHN F. BURNS Special to The New York Times
John BURNS
S African Govt, embittered by local newspaper coverage of unrest in black twps, has threatened to impose new restraints on press; Information Min Connie P Mulder is critical of Rand Daily Mail and Johannesburg Sunday Times (M)
Date: 16 August 1976
Settlement of contract dispute between Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co and 2 unions is reached (S)
Date: 15 August 1976
By JOANNE A. FISHMANThe New York Times
Joanne FISHMANThe
comment on need to evaluate boating ins coverage, in view of impact of Hurricane Belle and probability of future hurricanes during Sept; various policies discussed; illus (L)
Date: 15 August 1976
Date: 15 August 1976
Comment on success of Tiffany's 'Try God' jewelry; co has sold over 525,000 pendants and pins since Sept '75 (S)
Date: 15 August 1976
Chase Manhattan Mortgage & Realty Trust takes title to leaseholds, in lieu of foreclosure, on Manhattan apt bldgs that have been controlled by Hyman Shapiro; properties are at 27-31 Jane St, 59-63 Jane St and 315-323 W 57th St; 3 bldgs have total assessment of over $10-million (S)
Date: 15 August 1976
By WALTER R. FLETCHER
Walter FLETCHER
Date: 15 August 1976
Greek-Turkish dispute over Aegean oil revd; map (S)