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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 502,209 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Matthiessen is the 5,334th most popular writer (down from 4,855th in 2019), the 8,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,853rd in 2019) and the 670th most popular American Writer.

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  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Peter Matthiessen ranks 5,334 out of 5,755. Before him are Judy Blume, Hugh Walpole, Markus Zusak, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Elinor Glyn, and R. M. Ballantyne. After him are John Connolly, Remco Campert, Colm Tóibín, Katherine Pancol, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, and Herman Teirlinck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Peter Matthiessen ranks 349. Before him are Harvey Korman, Frank Sedgman, Henry Spira, Ermes Muccinelli, Juan José Pizzuti, and Red Mitchell. After him are Heini Walter, James Broderick, Leonid Shcherbakov, Edward Abbey, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, and Sirkka Polkunen. Among people deceased in 2014, Peter Matthiessen ranks 380. Before him are Glenn Cornick, Giorgio Faletti, Lode Wouters, Lucidio Sentimenti, Carla Laemmle, and Kenny Wheeler. After him are Gennadi Gusarov, Steven R. Nagel, Lori Sandri, Ian McLagan, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, and Bert Williams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Matthiessen ranks 8,545 out of 18,182. Before him are Thelma Houston (1946), Glenn Morshower (1959), Minka Kelly (1980), Paul Winter (1939), H. R. Haldeman (1926), and Red Mitchell (1927). After him are Dack Rambo (1941), Charlotte Mineau (1886), Hilarie Burton (1982), Billy West (1952), Chesty Puller (1898), and Klay Thompson (1990).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Peter Matthiessen ranks 670. Before him are Edmund White (1940), Eric Van Lustbader (1946), Donald Richie (1924), Michael Swanwick (1950), Brad Falchuk (1971), and Judy Blume (1938). After him are Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), Howard Ashman (1950), Philip G. Epstein (1909), John Berryman (1914), Scott Turow (1949), and Jack McDevitt (1935).

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