# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-matthiessen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:10:26.055Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-matthiessen"
name: "Peter Matthiessen"
slug: "peter-matthiessen"
description: "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."
tagline: "American novelist (1927–2014)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1927-05-22"
deathDate: "2014-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump