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Date(s)
- 1965 August 8 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Name of creator
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 was a delight to get your letter dated May 28th, and I am sorry to see that so long a time has"... Contents index: looking into ways to facilitate Brahmachari's travel / problem of Merton's new "vanaprastha" retirement in his hermitage and the limit on visitors / meeting of East-West philosophers in Hawaii / Seymour Freedgood.
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Languages of the material
- engleză
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Road to Joy