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Peter Matthiessen

1927 - 2014

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Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) 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 (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Matthiessen has received more than 544,860 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Peter Matthiessen is the 6,071st most popular writer (down from 5,315th in 2019), the 10,055th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,527th in 2019) and the 757th most popular American Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

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  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Matthiessen ranks 6,071 out of 7,302. Before him are Denise Levertov, John Perry Barlow, Vittorio Arrigoni, Artur Adson, Emine Semiye Önasya, and David Simon. After him are Kjell Ola Dahl, Jean Rouaud, Antonín Sova, Dmitry Bykov, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Thomas Traherne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Peter Matthiessen ranks 425. Before him are Walter Bahr, Gábor Benedek, John Rhodes, Elio Morille, Anjali Devi, and Howard Zieff. After him are Egon Günther, Jiří Pešek, Ernesto Formenti, George Hunter, Mose Allison, and Giorgio Capitani. Among people deceased in 2014, Peter Matthiessen ranks 459. Before him are Ghiță Licu, Violetta Ferrari, John Houbolt, Franz Gabl, Anjali Devi, and Gyula Sax. After him are Howard Baker, Jacques Friedel, Iñaki Azkuna, Dominique Baudis, Fyodor Cherenkov, and Antonio Rada.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Matthiessen ranks 10,055 out of 20,380. Before him are George Maharis (1928), Jay Hernandez (1978), Mike Campbell (1950), Carl Yastrzemski (1939), Gloria Hendry (1949), and David Simon (1960). After him are Darren McGavin (1922), Scott Foley (1972), Mitch Lucker (1984), Howard Baker (1925), Victoria Justice (1993), and Siobhan Fallon Hogan (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Matthiessen ranks 757. Before him are Tony Kushner (1956), Gustav Hasford (1947), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Charles Brackett (1892), John Perry Barlow (1947), and David Simon (1960). After him are John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), Lee Strobel (1952), Robin Morgan (1941), Katie Couric (1957), Peter Orlovsky (1933), and Brad Falchuk (1971).

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