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Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen (born May 22, 1927, in New York City) is a two-time National Book Award-winning American novelist and nonfiction writer as well as an environmental activist. He frequently focuses on American Indian issues and history, as in his detailed study of the Leonard Peltier case, In the...
Award-Winning Work
Awards Won:
| Year | Award | Award Winner |
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National Book Award for Fiction Winners
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
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