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Peter Wohlleben

ペーター・ヴォールレーベン　/　ぺーたー・ゔぉーるれーべん

Non-fiction writer from Germany

January 1, 1964 (age 62)　・　Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia
non-fiction writer
writer
ecologist

My Take

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.

Overview

Peter Wohlleben (born 1964) is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language and has controversially argued for plant sentience. He is the author of the New York Times Best Seller The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate, which was translated from German into English in 2016.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

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

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2016 Umweltmedienpreis

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