Peter Wohlleben

What draws me to Wohlleben is less the science debate and more the storyteller's instinct. A working forester who spent decades among real trees, he writes about the woods the way a neighbor gossips over the fence, and that warmth is rare in nature writing. Critics push back on his talk of plant feeling, and fair enough, but I value how he made millions actually look up at the canopy and wonder. The Hidden Life of Trees did something textbooks never could. For me he is proof that lyrical popularization, used honestly, is a public service, not a sin.

Name (English)

Peter Wohlleben

Name (Japanese)

ペーター・ヴォールレーベン

Reading

ぺーたー・ゔぉーるれーべん

Born

January 1, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dragon

Origin

Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Occupation

non-fiction writer / writer / ecologist / forester / author

Awards & achievements

• 2016 Umweltmedienpreis

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.peter-wohlleben.de/english/
• Xhttps://x.com/PeterWohlleben
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3

Tags

• North Rhine-Westphalia
• non-fiction writer
• writer
• ecologist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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