Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lentfoehr, Thérèse, Sr., S.D.S.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Lentfoehr, Thérèse, Sr., S.D.S., 1902-1981
Other form(s) of name
- Sr. M. Therese Lentfoehr
- Sr. Thérèse Lentfoehr
- Lentfoehr, Therese, Sr.
- Sr. Therese Lentfoehr
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1902-1981
History
Sr. Thérèse Lentfoehr was a Salvatorian religious sister, who was a poet, author, lecturer and one of the foremost early Merton scholars. She was born and lived most of her life in Wisconsin. She first contacted Merton in 1939 in praise of one of his poems, and she contacted him again in 1948 to discuss Merton's review of Lentfoehr's book of Marian poems, «I Sing of a Maiden». From this time, Merton and Lentfoehr became regular correspondents until Merton's death in 1968. Merton would often send her his manuscripts, and amassed a large early Merton collection, which she donated to Columbia University. In 1967, Lentfoehr came to Gethsemani to visit Merton. (Source: «The Road to Joy», p. 187.)