Peter Matthiessen
Birthday:
22 May 1927, New York City, New York, USA
Peter Matthiessen was born on May 22, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991), The Young One (1960) and Dead Birds (1963). He was married to Maria Eckhart, Deborah Love and Patsy Southgage. He died on April 5, 2014 in Sagaponack, New York.
Soon the child's clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions and abstractions. Simple free 'being' becomes encrusted wit...Show more »
Soon the child's clear eye is clouded over by ideas and opinions, preconceptions and abstractions. Simple free 'being' becomes encrusted with the burdensome armor of the ego. Not until years later does an instinct come that vital sense of mystery has been withdrawn. Show less «
In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in fact you don't know. Each day is a ...Show more »
In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in fact you don't know. Each day is a whole new - and for me, a very invigorating - experience..In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth. Show less «
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