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Parra, Nicanor, 1914-2018


Series 1, Thomas Merton and Nicanor Parra Correspondence


Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1965-1967, 1969
Volume: 32 item(s); 47 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Nicanor Parra distinguished himself as the most prominent Chilean poet, or antipoet, of the Generation of 1938. In 1935, he and friends started Revista Nueva. The surrealism of Pablo Neruda and the writing of Garcia Lorca among others influenced

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Parra in The Courage for Truth, pp. 212-214.

Series List

Series NumberSeries NameTotal Records
1 Thomas Merton and Nicanor Parra Correspondence 7
2 James Laughlin and Nicanor Parra Correspondence 25

Container List

Series#DateFrom/ToFirst LinesPub ✓Notes
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Series 1 #1.
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1965/03/20 TL[c] from Merton Thanks very much for the two books of poems, which you sent me some time ago. You seemed «detailed view»
Series 1 #2.
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1965/06/08? HLS to Merton sus traducciones me parecen optimas. Muchas, pero muchísimas gracias. Solo hay una que otra «detailed view»
Series 1 #3.
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1965/06/12 TAL[c] from Merton Acabo de recibir tu carta y estoy muy contento. Estaba en el punto de escribirte porque una revista «detailed view»
Series 1 #4.
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1965/07/26 HLS to Merton los estudios de Relatividad me teman prácticamente fuera del mundo. Busco un método más sencillo «detailed view»
Series 1 #5.
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1966/06/no? HPCS[x] to Merton Tenemos que volver vernos. Alguin vez. Nicanor. Father Louis we have been speaking of the Upanishads [(original postcard in Laughlin file) notes on postcard from James Laughlin, Nicanor Parra, Marianne Moore, and an unknown signatory - Merton acknowledges the postcard in his letter to Laughlin of 1966/06/23 - postcard of Patchin Place in Greenwich Village, New York] «detailed view»
Series 1 #6.
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1967/04/28 TL[c] from Merton It is almost exactly a year since your historic visit here. The weather is now once again as it was «detailed view»
Series 1 #7.
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1967/09/22 other   Computation of Payments to Translators in POEMS & ANTI-POEMS [-] By Nicanor Parra «detailed view»

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