Author
Peter Matthiessen
May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014 · United States
Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Historian
Titles on list
3
Total weeks
9
Peak rank
#9
Biography
- Born
- May 22, 1927 · New York City
- Died
- April 5, 2014 · Sagaponack
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Yale University, Hotchkiss School, St. Bernard's School
Awards & Honours
- 1979National Book Award for Nonfiction
- 1980National Book Award
- 1982John Burroughs Medal
- 1993Helmerich Award
- 2000Heinz Award
- 2001Society of American Historians Prize for Historical Fiction
- 2008National Book Award
- 2010William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
On the Bestseller Lists
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