Robert M. Pirsig | |
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.jpg) Pirsig in 2005 | |
| Born | Robert Maynard Pirsig September 6, 1928 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | April 24, 2017 (aged 88) South Berwick, Maine, U.S. |
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| Education | |
| Genre | Philosophical fiction |
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| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1974) |
| Spouse | Nancy Ann James
(m. 1954; div. 1978)Wendy Kimball (m. 1978) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent | Maynard Pirsig (father) |
Robert Maynard Pirsig (/ˈpɜːrsɪɡ/; September 6, 1928 – April 24, 2017) was an American writer and philosopher. He is the author of the philosophical novels Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values (1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig.[1]