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April 8, 2014

Author Peter Matthiessen Dies at 86; Final Novel Out Today 
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Peter Matthiessen's final novel comes out today, three days after the
celebrated author and naturalist died of leukemia at the age of 86. In
his twenties, Matthiessen helped found The Paris Review, which he later
admitted using as a cover for spying on Americans in France as a CIA
agent. He wrote more than 30 books, including "In the Spirit of Crazy
Horse," about imprisoned Native American leader Leonard Peltier. The
book prompted lawsuits from an FBI agent and a former governor of South
Dakota, both of which were later dismissed. He is the only writer to win
the National Book Award for both fiction and nonfiction. His last novel,
out today, is called "In Paradise."

 

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