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US US-kylobm 1-B-003-#18
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1968-12-16, TLS[x] to Laughlin, James, 'I take the liberty to write you as a friend of Thomas Merton, since you were his'
Date(s)
- 1968 December 16 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed signed letter.
Name of creator
(1918-1993)
Biographical history
Stefan Baciu was a poet and professor of romance languages whose works include surveys of Latin American surrealistic poetry and themes of communism in poetry. He was editor of the literary magazine, «MELE». During his time of correspondence with Merton, he is first in Seattle and later in Honolulu.
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First lines: "I take the liberty to write you as a friend of Thomas Merton, since you were his publisher"... Contents index: Merton had, before his death, promised a contribution to «Mele» and Baciu asks if Laughlin can send a poem.
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- English
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Copy from Harvard University, Houghton Library.