Remembering writer Peter Matthiessen
Clip: 4/7/2014 | 3m 57s
Journalist, naturalist and novelist Peter Matthiessen, 86, took readers to new territory
Peter Matthiessen was the founder of The Paris Review, an author of more than 30 books, and winner of the National Book Award in both fiction and non-fiction. He succumbed to leukemia at the age of 86, just days before his final novel will be published. In 2008, chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviewed Matthiessen about his acclaimed work "Shadow Country.”
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Remembering writer Peter Matthiessen
Clip: 4/7/2014 | 3m 57s
Peter Matthiessen was the founder of The Paris Review, an author of more than 30 books, and winner of the National Book Award in both fiction and non-fiction. He succumbed to leukemia at the age of 86, just days before his final novel will be published. In 2008, chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown interviewed Matthiessen about his acclaimed work "Shadow Country.”
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