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- 1965 January 3 (Création/Production)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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Notice biographique
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: "Thanks for your letter. This cannot be much more than a brief note to say that I agree with it,"... Contents index: aggiornamento, reform, of religious life - sense of artificiality - "struggle between the old rigidities and new forms of triviality" / Carmelites share this struggle / suggests personal life of contemplation while working "in the world" and a visit to Regina Laudis in Bethlehem Connecticut.
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- anglais