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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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American novelist

Born May 22, 1927
Died April 5, 2014

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    First published in 1991 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition africansilences00pete
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  • Cover of: Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution

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American novelist

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, Watson, edgar j., 1855-1910, fiction, Endangered species, Journeys, 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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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
December 6, 2019 Edited by Lisa merge authors
August 13, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe Edited without comment.
August 13, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import