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- 1967 November 9 (Creation)
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2 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
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Biographical history
Suzanne Butorovich was a high school student from Campbell, California. This is one of the longest know series of correspondence he had with a young person. Merton had dinner with her and her family while visiting California on October 3, 1968.
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First lines: "This is going to be a fast letter. Hello! I am getting very bored with life and, well"... Contents index: class retreat to San Juan Bautista / asking Merton's opinion about going her going to England for college and the requirements / Ravi Shankar spending the semester at Columbia University / asking Merton for a tape on Zen Buddhism / The Beatles / purchased Suzuki book / picture of Merton with hat on «Mystics and Zen Masters».
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- engleză