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Date(s)
- 1966 March 17 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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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: "Many thanks for sending the translation. I am returning it as fast as possible. There are no"... Contents index: minor changes to be made / difference in American slang for "cool" and the word «fría» in Spanish / letters of Ortega in the last issue of «Sur» / Merton going to hospital next week.
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Languages of the material
- English