Robert M. Pirsig, the author of philosophical novel “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” has died. He was 88.
Pirsig passed away at his home in South Berwick, Maine, on Monday, The New York Times reported.
His publisher, William Morrow, confirmedย his death, saying the writer’sย health had been failing.
Originally fromย Minneapolis, Minnesota,ย Pirsig was a college writing instructor and freelance technical writer when he penned his first book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values” in 1974.
Theย “novelistic autobiography” was an instant hitย — sellingย a million copies in its first year and several million more since.