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Biography
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, zen teacher, and onetime CIA agent. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he is the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction and fiction. He was also a prominent environmental activist.
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Awards & recognition
- William Dean Howells Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters · 2010
- National Book Award · 2008
- Society of American Historians Prize — Historical Fiction · 2001
- Heinz Award · 2000
- Helmerich Award · 1993
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- John Burroughs Medal · 1982
- National Book Award · 1980
- National Book Award — Nonfiction · 1979
- National Book Award — Fiction · 2008 · nominated
- Neustadt International Prize — Literature · 2002 · nominated
- National Book Award — Fiction · 1966 · nominated
