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About Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. 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 and fiction. He was also a prominent environmental activist.
Everything about Peter Matthiessen →- Occupation
- novelist, writer, screenwriter, historian
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 22, 1927
- Died
- April 5, 2014