Robert M. Pirsig

Robert M. Pirsig
Pirsig in 2005
Pirsig in 2005
BornRobert Maynard Pirsig
(1928-09-06)September 6, 1928
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedApril 24, 2017(2017-04-24) (aged 88)
South Berwick, Maine, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • philosopher
Education
GenrePhilosophical fiction
Notable works
Notable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1974)
Spouse
Nancy Ann James
(m. 1954; div. 1978)
Wendy Kimball
(m. 1978)
Children3
ParentMaynard 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(1974) and Lila: An Inquiry into Morals (1991), and he co-authored On Quality: An Inquiry Into Excellence: Selected and Unpublished Writings (2022) along with his wife and editor, Wendy Pirsig.[1]

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