Peter Matthiessen(1927-2014)

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Peter Matthiessen was born on 22 May 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991), Knight of Cups (2015) and The Young One (1960). He was previously married to Maria Eckhart, Deborah Love and Patsy Southgage. He died on 5 April 2014 in Sagaponack, New York, USA.

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Christian Bale and Peter Matthiessen in Knight of Cups (2015)

Judy Caseley & Deborah Smith Ford portraying Mamie House & Edna Watson in a re-enactment of "Killing Mr. Watson" - named after a book of the same name by author Peter Matthiessen.

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At Play in the Fields of the Lord

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1991

Knight of Cups

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2015

The Young One

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1960

Dead Birds

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1963

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Writer

Killing Mister Watson
- author of book Killing Mister Watson
- Video
- 1996
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
- based on the novel by
- 1991
Fighting for Our Lives
- Writer
- 1975
Dead Birds
- Writer
- 1963
The Young One
- story "Travellin' Man"
- 1960

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A Buddhist Priest, in the same school as Leonard Cohen, Michael O'Keefe, Gary Snyder, Peter Coyote, Bernie Glassman, Reb Anderson, Phillip Whalen, Richard Baker, Pat O'Hara, Bonnie Raitt, Laurie Anderson, Soen Roshi, Daido Loori.

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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 Not until years later does an instinct come that vital sense of mystery has been withdrawn.