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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Baciu, Stefan, 1918-1993

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1963-1967

Volume: 19 item(s); 32 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Stefan Baciu was a poet and professor of romance languages whose works include surveys of Latin American surrealistic poetry and themes of communism in poetry. He was editor of the literary magazine, MELE. During his time of correspondence with Merton, he is first in Seattle and later in Honolulu.

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Related Information and Links

Three of Merton's letters to Barciu are published in The Courage for Truth, and Baciu is referenced in a 1967/07/28 letter to Ernesto Cardinal, published in The Courage for Truth. See also Sub-Section D.7 for an article with references to Thomas Merton and signed by Baciu and inscribed to Merton, "Baciu, Stefan; 'Beatitude South of the Border: Latin America's Beat Generation.'"

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
 1963/09/12 TALSto MertonMuchas gracias por su amable carta del 19 de Agosto, en la cual tiene la bondad de escribirme   
 1963/11/19 TLSto MertonCaro e estimado Poeta: muchas, muchísimas gracias por su carta del 30 de Octubre el libro que leí   
 1964/03/07 (#01)TLSto Mertongrato por suas linhas, acompanhando o texto lido no México, que, nas atuais condições da criação   
 1964/03/07 (#02)other Stefan Baciu / Cesar Vallejo, Poeta Comunista?  copy of Baciu's work on the poet Cesar Vallejo in a pamphlet-type binding with some cover art / attached to 1964/03/07 letter
 1964/04/05 TL[c]from MertonProbably you do not fit sufficiently well into the conventional academic categories. I do not quite  [dated "Low Sunday", i.e., the Sunday following Easter]
 1965/04/05 TLSto Mertonsuponho que por sobrecarga de trabalho, ficaram sem resposta minhas últimas cartas. Eu sei como é   
 1965/05/17 TALSto Mertonque grande pena que Ud. não poderá escrever o Prefácio para meus poemas de Hawaii. Comprendo, porém   
 1965/05/21 (#01)TL[c]from MertonI will try to reply to your letter before the matter ceases to be fresh in my mind. If I let it go,   
 1965/05/21 (#02)TL[c]from MertonI will try to reply to your letter before the matter ceases to be fresh in my mind. If I let it go,Yes [duplicate carbon copy]
 1965/05/27 TALSto Mertonsua carta (verdadeiro documento) foi um enorme prazer para mim, e por este prazer vão meus mais   
 1966/01/27 TALSto MertonMeu grande e caríssimo Thomas Merton: foi exatamente <u>na hora</u> (ontem pela tarde, às três…) de   
 1966/02/03 TALS[x]to MertonEm 19 de abril prôximo, Manuel Bandeira vai fazer 80 anos. O fato se reveste, sem   
 1966/06/17 TALSto Mertoné com alegria que posso lhe dizer que hoje acabo de pôr o ponto final em seu ensaio, no qual trato   
 1966/07/07 TL[c]from MertonYour book on Manuel Bandeira arrived today. It is very handsome and I will read it with pleasureYes  
 1966/07/14 TALSto Mertongrato por sua boa carta, por tudo que nele me diz, e por suas plavras por meu modesto trabalho,   
 1966/08/01 TL[c]from MertonFirst of all, thanks very much for the excellent article. You have been very thorough indeed andYes  
 1967/05/31 TALSto Mertonhoje acabo de receber as provas do ensaio que escrevi sôbre Ud., a ser publicado, em inglês, pela  2nd page is an mimeographed attachment with addresses for Baciu while traveling in Germany and France
 1968/12/16 TLS[x]to Laughlin, JamesI take the liberty to write you as a friend of Thomas Merton, since you were his publisher  Merton had, before his death, promised a contribution to <u>Mele</u> and Baciu asks if Laughlin can send a poem
 1968/12/20 TL[x]from Laughlin, JamesThank you for your letter of December 16. Father Merton's death is a terrible loss to all of us,  instructions on obtaining permissions to use previously published poems for <u>Mele</u>
        

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