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This file contains letters copied from the "Fromm, Erich" file. Fromm sent Merton poems by Carmen Blumenkren from Cuernavaca, Mexico. The file contains the copied letter from Fromm with the attached poems and biographical sketch and Merton's reply. The originals can all be found in the Fromm file.
"Carmen Blumenkron is a product of two cultures: American and Mexican, though her heritage is "Long Island Yankee," Irish, German and Spanish. Born in Manhattan, she grew up in Mexico City, where she now lives, spending her free time at her country home in Cuernavaca… She writes poetry in English, Spanish and French…" (Source: "Biographical Sketch" from this file.)
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See "Fromm, Erich" file for original copies of the letters concerning Blumenkren.
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1966/10/08 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
I hate to impose upon you, but I am sure you will understand why I do it. One of our neighbors here |
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[8 pages of enclosures] pgs 1-4, Memorandum RE: "Papal Conference on Solutions to the Present Dangers to the Survival of Mankind", Biographical sketch of poet Carmen Blumenkron / 3 Blumenkron poems: "Laudamus Te", "Autumn Psalm" and "Chalice of Silence"
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1966/10/13 |
TL[x] from Merton |
I have been hoping to answer your letter of late August and now your new letter with the poems of |
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conference "on solutions to the present dangers to the survival of mankind" / suggestions on a location other than Rome / Papal involvement / Carmen Blumenkron's poems / Dr. Machovec / Elizabeth Mann Borghese / Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander / Don Milani / Padre Camillo Torres / Albert Camus
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