Peter Matthiessen

Novelist

Birthday May 22, 1927

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace New York

DEATH DATE Apr 5, 2014 (86)

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About

A twentieth-century American novelist and wilderness writer, he is best known for works such as The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country. The latter work won the National Book Award for Fiction.

Before Fame

He studied English at Yale University and began his literary career as a writer of short stories.

Trivia

He won the prestigious Atlantic Prize for one of his works of short fiction.

Family Life

He married Maria Eckhart in 1980.

Associated With

While living in Paris, he associated with James Baldwin and other expatriate writers.