About Peter Matthiessen

Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) is the only writer to win the National Book Award for fiction and nonfiction. A cofounder of The Paris Review, he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and a recipient of its William Dean Howells Award, among many other honors. He was also a world-renowned naturalist, explorer, activist, and Buddhist teacher.

Books by Peter Matthiessen

Lonely Planet Better Than Fiction 1: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

Lonely Planet Better Than Fiction 1: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers

Alexander McCall Smith, Isabel Allende, Steven Amsterdam, Kurt Andersen, Carol Birch, Stefan Merrill Block, Tom Carson, Bryce Courtenay, Sophie Cunningham, Mark Dapin, Peter Ho Davies, Charles Finch, Nikki Gemmell, Don George, Steven Hall, Keri Hulme, M J Hyland, Pico Iyer, Suzanne Joinson, Lloyd Jones, Stephen Kelman, Marina Lewycka, Peter Matthiessen, Frances Mayes, Jan Morris, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht, Keija Parssinen, Chris Pavone, Dbc Pierre, Aliya Whitely, Joe Yogerst, Arnold Zable

Lonely Planet

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