Peter Matthiessen (1) (1927–2014)
Autore di Il leopardo delle nevi
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Sull'Autore
Peter Matthiessen was born in Manhattan, New York on May 22, 1927. He served in the Navy at Pearl Harbor. He graduated with a degree in English from Yale University in 1950. It was around this time that he was recruited by the CIA and traveled to Paris, where he became acquainted with several young mostra altro expatriate American writers. In the postwar years the CIA covertly financed magazines and cultural programs to counter the spread of Communism. While in Paris, he helped found The Paris Review in 1953. After returning to the United States, he worked as a commercial fisherman and the captain of a charter fishing boat. His first novel, Race Rock, was published in 1954. His other fiction works include Partisans, Raditzer, Far Tortuga, and In Paradise. His novel, Shadow Country, won a National Book Award. His novel, At Play in the Fields of the Lord, was made into a movie. He started writing nonfiction after divorcing his first wife. An assignment for Sports Illustrated to report on American endangered species led to the book Wildlife in America, which was published in 1959. His travels took him to Asia, Australia, South America, Africa, New Guinea, the Florida swamps, and beneath the ocean. These travels led to articles in The New Yorker as well as numerous nonfiction books including The Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness, Under the Mountain Wall: A Chronicle of Two Seasons of Stone Age New Guinea, Blue Meridian: The Search for the Great White Shark, The Tree Where Man Was Born, and Men's Lives. The Snow Leopard won the 1979 National Book Award for nonfiction. He died from leukemia on April 5, 2014 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Serie
Opere di Peter Matthiessen
Courage for the Earth: Writers, Scientists, and Activists Celebrate the Life and Writing of Rachel Carson (2007) 51 copie
African Trilogy: The Tree Where Man Was Born/ African Silences/Sand Rivers (Harvill Press Editions) (2000) — Autore — 19 copie
Everglades: Selections from the writings of Peter Matthiessen (Sierra Club exhibit format series) (1971) 9 copie
The Matthiessen Reakeer 1 copia
Opere correlate
Antaeus No. 64/65, Spring/Autumn 1990 - Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1990) — Collaboratore — 12 copie
New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection - Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Criticism (1953) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1927-05-22
- Data di morte
- 2014-04-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Sagaponack, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Paris, France - Istruzione
- Yale College (AB|1950)
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Attività lavorative
- naturalist
Zen teacher
CIA agent - Relazioni
- Love, Deborah (second spouse)
Koenig, Sarah (stepdaughter) - Organizzazioni
- The Paris Review (co-founder)
United States Navy
Central Intelligence Agency
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 49
- Opere correlate
- 17
- Utenti
- 12,431
- Popolarità
- #1,890
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 218
- ISBN
- 384
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 5
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