What is Peter Matthiessen?
[[File:Peter Matthiessen photograph.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Matthiessen in June 2008]] '''Peter Matthiessen''' (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer. He is known for his books ''[[The Snow Leopard]]'' and ''[[In the Spirit of Crazy Horse]]''. Matthiessen died on April 5, 2014 from [[leukemia]] in [[Sagaponack, New York|Sagaponack]], [[New York]], aged 86.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/books/peter-matthiessen-author-and-naturalist-is-dead-at-86.html Peter Matthiessen, Author and Naturalist, Is Dead at 86]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattiessen, Peter}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American naturalists]] [[Category:American novelists]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New York (state)]] [[Category:Deaths from leukemia]] [[Category:Writers from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}}