An Adventurer, Explorer, naturalist, Zen Buddhist and famous Author died at 86. Most famous for SNOW LEOPARD, I consider, being a sailor and explorer, that Far Tortuga was his best, and he shared that opinion with me. He was one of Timothy Leary's followers using acid as a spiritual path, however his wife went to Zen and found it much better as a path. Peter, noticed the change in her, and started studying Zen and meditating with her. He even got as far as studying for priesthood, but could not pass the 14 step Koan "What is the sound of one hand clapping", and went back to being a student. He says he was just too intellectual to be a Zen Priest, laughing about it.
What a great man helping Nature and all of us understand the importance of All Beings!
What a great man helping Nature and all of us understand the importance of All Beings!
Novelist
Peter Matthiessen was an American novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review and a three-time National Book Award-winner, he was also been a prominent environmental activist. Wikipedia
Born: May 22, 1927, New York City, NY
Awards: National Book Award for Fiction, National Book Award for Contemporary Thought, Helmerich Award, James Fenimore Cooper Prize, National Book Award for General Nonfiction (Paperback), Ambassador Book Award for Fiction, Lannan Lifetime Achievement
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