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US US-kylobm 1-A-016-#8
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1964-11-21, TL[c] from Merton, 'It has been good to hear from you and to see the postcards with which you share your'
Date(s)
- 1964 November 21 (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: "It has been good to hear from you and to see the postcards with which you share your trip with me."... Contents index: wanted to see Silos, but not Valle de los caidos / Editorial Guadarrama / «Seeds of Destruction».
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Languages of the material
- English