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.
Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series,
vol. 138, pages 306-314. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale,
2005.
He is the only writer ever to win the National Book Award for both nonfiction and fiction.
He was a C.I.A. agent in Paris, a naturalist, and author of more than 30 books. He co-founded the Paris Review with his childhood friend George Plimpton.