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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-A-004-#2
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1967-03-27, TL[c] from Merton, 'I deeply regret the fact that due to your ill health you had to return early to'
Date(s)
- 1967 March 27 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
(1915-1968)
Biographical history
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
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First lines: "I deeply regret the fact that due to your ill health you had to return early to Japan, and were"... Contents index: Abe's notes on "Living Dying Life" / the «Eastern Buddhist» publication / Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki / Richard De Martino / Winston King.
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Languages of the material
- English