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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Cáceres, Esther de, 1903-1971

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1961-1967

Volume: 15 item(s); 25 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Esther de Cáceres was a poet from Uruguay, whose poetry has been described as both modernist and mystical.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Usage permission for letters to Merton from Columbia University must be obtained from the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Cáceres in The Courage for Truth, pp. 166-167.

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1961/no/no? HLSto MertonMuy querido y respetado amigo: te escribo desde la Casa de   
 1962/05/04 HLS[x]to MertonEstá aquí [indecipherable word] su hermoso texto aparecido en Sur;   
 1963/04/no other[x]to MertonMaestro del Alma y Maestro de Arte, palma de luz en un desierto de sombras. Con todo el afecto en el  [inscribed in a copy of her book <i>Los cantos del destierro</i>, see "Family Room - Marginalia" section for original]
 1963/06/09 HLSto MertonMuy recordado maestro y amigo:   
 1963/06/29 HLSto MertonQuerido maestro: gracias por su hermosa carta, por todos sus   
 1963/07/10 HLSto MertonQuerido maestro y amigo: Recibí su generosa carta. Muchas gracias. Pero porque nuestro   
 1963/12/10 HLSto MertonMuy querido y respetado amigo: Recibí su bondadosa carta y su   
 1964/03/12 HLSto MertonEstaba yo en el campo y por esto   
 1965/01/09 TL[c]from MertonThank you for sending your very sensitive and moving study of Susanna Soca. It is beautifully doneYes Raissa Maritain and Jacques Maritain / race situation
 1965/12/no HLSto MertonMuy recordado y querido maestro y amigo: Breve carta para   
 1965/no/no? other[x]to MertonA Thomas Merton con toda la admira  [inscribed in a copy of her book <i>Tiempo y abismo</i>, see "Family Room - Marginalia" section for original]
 1966/01/15 TL[c]from MertonI was very happy to get your advent letter and your book <u>Tiempo y abismo</u> which I enjoyedYes sending Chuang Tzu / Susanna Soca / Jacques Maritain and Raissa Maritain
 1967/03/12 HLSto MertonQuerido y admirado amigo: Hace tiempo que   
 1967/04/23 HLSto MertonMuy querido y respetado maestro y amigo: Recibí su hermoso mensaje. ¡Cuánto   
 1967/08/28? HLSto MertonQuerido maestro y amigo: Recién llegada su carta, sus poemas y su prosa,   
        

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