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Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer and CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was a 2008 National Book Award winner. He was also a prominent environmental activist. His nonfiction featured nature and travel, notably The Snow Leopard (1978) and American Indian issues and history, such as a detailed and controversial study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983). His fiction was adapted for film: the early story "Travelin' Man" was made into The Young One (1960) by Luis Buñuel and the novel At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965) into the 1991 film of the same name.

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Born May 22, 1927
Died April 5, 2014

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    First published in 2015 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The tree where man was born

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1981 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Men's Lives: The Surfmen And Baymen of the South Fork

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: African Silences

    First published in 1991 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1992 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Birds of Heaven: travels with cranes

    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: East of Lo Monthang: in the land of Mustang

    First published in 1995 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: End of the Earth: voyages to Antarctica

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  • Cover of: Killing Mister Watson

    First published in 1990 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Nine-headed dragon river: Zen journals 1969-1982

    First published in 1986 — 1 edition
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    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Seal Pool

    First published in 1972 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Courage for the Earth: writers, scientists, and activists celebrate the life and writing of Rachel Carson

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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Born May 22, 1927
Died April 5, 2014

Subjects

Description and travel, Fiction, Travel, Natural history, History, Biography, Florida, fiction, Zoology, Frontier and pioneer life, Journeys, Watson, edgar j., 1855-1910, fiction, Endangered species, Agricultural laborers, American Authors, Animal ecology, Fiction, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Indians of North America, Murderers, Natural history, africa, Pictorial works, Religion, Zen Buddhism, Africa, description and travel, Authors, american

Places

United States, Africa, Everglades (Fla.), North America, Florida, South America, East Africa, Russia (Federation), Southern Africa, Alaska, Amazon River Region, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Indonesia, Long Island, Long Island (N.Y.), Nepal, New York (State), Nunivak Island, Nunivak Island (Alaska), Papua, Russian Far East, Baikal, Lake (Russia), California, Caribbean Area

People

Peter Matthiessen, Edgar J. Watson (1855-1910), Peter Mathiessen, Peter Mattiessen, A. Andrae, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Chavez (1927-), Cesar Chavez (1927-1993), Edgar J. Watson, Erskine Thompson, Leonard Peltier, Lucius Watson, Thomas Laird

Time

20th century, 1865-, 1870 - 1930, 1890s, 1910, 1934-, 1951-, 1974, 19th century

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Alternative names

  • PETER MATTHIESSEN
  • Matthiessen Peter

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 6, 2019 Edited by Lisa merge authors
August 13, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Edited without comment.
August 13, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import