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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Sackheim, Eric

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1967-1968

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

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Biography

Eric Sackheim writes on behalf of the Japanese publisher Mushinsha Limited. Sackheim had completed graduate studies in Japanese at Harvard University and went to Japan on a Fulbright Scholarship in 1960. He published anthologies of Chinese and Japanese poetry, including the poems of Kusano Shimpei. He was also interested in American folk and roots music, publishing a seminal book on blues music.

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1967/12/28 TL[c]from MertonThank you so much for the beautiful surprise: Basho, in the fine translation and edition which has   
 1968/01/21 TLSto MertonThe Chinese poem book will be ready in a couple of months: of course you may use anything in it   
 1968/01/25 TL[c]from MertonMany thanks for your letter: I am particularly happy to hear of the Kusano Shimpei book,   
        

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