Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section D.3:

Eight freedom songs

Item 1 - Huit chants de liberté

First Lines:  Ces chants qui sont tous basés sur des thèmes bibliques que l'auteur a librement développés

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  9

Additional authors/contributors:  Translation by Hervé Chaigne

Language:  French

Notes:  Eight poems and foreword by Merton translated into French by Hervé Chaigne within full issue of Frères du Monde, (Bordeaux, France) Vol. 31, "Les Noirs Américains" (1964).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 8

Item 2 - Ocho cantos de libertad

First Lines:  Todos estos cantos están basados en temas bíblicos, cuyas fuentes, de ordinario, van indicadas.

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  no-month no-day, 1965

Number of pages:  23

Additional authors/contributors:  Translation by Ceferino Santos, S.J.

Language:  Spanish

Notes:  Eight poems by Merton in English with Spanish translation of poems and translation of Merton's foreword by Ceferino Santos comprising full issue of Humanidades Aparte (Comillas Pontifical University: Madrid, Spain), Vol. XVII, No. 42 (September-December 1965). 2 copies.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 8

Item 3 - Reflections on love : eight sacred poems / Thomas Merton, the little monk of Our Lady of Gethsemani

First Lines:  These songs are all based on Biblical themes, the sources of which are usually indicated,

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  no-month no-day, 1966

Number of pages:  7

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Eight poems and foreword published as a pamphlet titled Reflections on Love. 3 copies.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 8