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Peter Matthiessen by JuniorCardenas is a document available to read on EtoBox.

1) Peter Matthiessen was an award-winning American writer known for works of fiction and non-fiction exploring mystical and spiritual themes. 2) Late in his career, he took on the controversial subject of Auschwitz for his novel "In Paradise", about a Zen retreat at the former Nazi death camp. 3) Matthiessen discussed how the retreat came to be organized by his Zen teacher to bear witness at Auschwitz and meditate on the site where over a million people were murdered.

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