hide captionWriter Peter Matthiessen stands in the yard of his house in Sagaponack, N.Y. in 2004. Matthiessen died on Saturday at the age of 86 after a "long illness," according to his publisher.
Ed Betz/AP<img data-original="http://ift.tt/1jQ1dnL; title="Writer Peter Matthiessen stands in the yard of his house in Sagaponack, N.Y. in 2004. Matthiessen died on Saturday at the age of 86 after a "long illness," according to his publisher." alt="Writer Peter Matthiessen stands in the yard of his house in Sagaponack, N.Y. in 2004. Matthiessen died on Saturday at the age of 86 after a "long illness," according to his publisher."/>
Writer Peter Matthiessen stands in the yard of his house in Sagaponack, N.Y. in 2004. Matthiessen died on Saturday at the age of 86 after a "long illness," according to his publisher.
Ed Betz/AP
Matthiessen, an award-winning author who helped found The Paris Review, has died.
His publisher Geoff Kloske of Riverhead Books said Matthiessen died Saturday after being ill "for some months." He had been diagnosed with leukemia. Matthiesen was 86.
Matthiessen won National Book Awards for The Snow Leopard, his spiritual account of the Himalayas, and for Shadow Country. His new novel, In Paradise, is scheduled for publication Tuesday.
A rich man's son who scorned his privileged childhood, Matthiessen was also a Zen priest, a political activist and a leading environmentalist and wilderness writer. In the early 1950s, he helped George Plimpton found The Paris Review, one of the most influential literary magazines.
Matthiessen emerged as a major novelist in 1961 with At Play in the Fields of the Lord.
via Smart Health Shop Forum http://ift.tt/PI4TN9
No comments:
Post a Comment