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Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher and onetime CIA agent. [1] A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). [2]
Far Tortuga is a novel by American author Peter Matthiessen, first published in 1975 by Random House and republished in 1976 by Bantam.Known for its unique typography and poetic prose, [1] [2] [3] the novel follows the story of a group of Caribbean turtle fishermen as they sail the waters of the Cayman Islands aboard the schooner Lillias Eden.
African Silences is a 1991 book by Peter Matthiessen published by Random House. It recounts journeys through Equatorial Africa to study the situation of elephants and other wildlife and is a meditation upon the natural world and mankind's relationship to it and effect upon it.
[1] [2] Many scholars praised Matthiessen's veracity and accuracy, [1] and the author's support for Leonard Peltier, AIM, and the Lakota people was acknowledged and appreciated by those parties. The book was finally published in paperback in 1992 after lawsuits alleging libel were dismissed by the various courts and their decisions affirmed ...
Pages in category "Books by Peter Matthiessen" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The book recounts the journey of Matthiessen and Schaller in 1973 to Shey Gompa in the inner Dolpo region of Nepal. Schaller's original objective was to compare the mating habits of the Himalayan blue sheep (the bharal) with those of the common sheep of the USA, while for Matthiessen the trip was more of a spiritual exploration. Another aim was ...
The author (left) with her "I Voted" sticker on Nov. 5, 2024, and Donald Trump (right), who will begin his second White House term in January. Courtesy of Andrea Tate / Chip Somodevilla via Getty ...
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