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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Coronel Urtecho, José, 1906-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1964-1966

Volume: 16 item(s); 24 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

José Coronel Urtecho was a poet from Nicaragua who influenced many other Latin American poets after him, including his nephew and former novice of Merton, Ernesto Cardenal. Having spent much of his youth in California, he read and admired Ezra Pound and other North American writers. After returning to Nicaragua, he founded the Vanguard Movement in 1927. He writes to Merton from his hacienda in Los Chiles, Costa Rica. A fan of Merton (and Merton of him), Coronel Urtecho planned to publish a Spanish anthology of Merton's work, but it did not appear in print. (Source: The Courage for Truth, p. 171.)

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Related Information and Links

See also published letters from Merton to Coronel Urtecho in The Courage for Truth, pp. 171-176.

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Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1964/03/15 TAL[c]from MertonErnesto in one of his fine letter spoke to me of your project, and I have written to him about it.Yes  
 1964/03/31 HLSto MertonNo sabe cómo agradezco su carta, y su envío de libros (que para mi aquí   
 1964/04/17 (#01)TAL[c]from MertonThe other day a copy of the READER went off to you by air mail and I also enclosed THE BEHAVIORYes  
 1964/04/17 (#02)TALS[x]from MertonThe other day a copy of the READER went off to you by air mail and I also enclosed THE BEHAVIORYes [contains annotations not in Merton's hand]
 1964/04/30 HLSto MertonMe maravilla la prontitud de su contestación y sus envíos. Ayer leía en su diario (<u>The Sign</u>   
 1964/08/31 TAL[c]from MertonIt is a long time since I have written. There has really been nothing very new. I had been hopingYes  
 1964/11/25 HLSto MertonAcabo de [indecipherable word..] Ernesto Cardenal, que estuvo aquí conmigo una semana,   
 1965/02/10 HLSto MertonHoy era el día que tenía   
 1965/02/17 HLSto MertonA las dos o tres días de haberle enviado su última carta, recibí "<u>Seeds of Destruction</u>"   
 1965/06/10 HLSto MertonMas pocas líneas para recordarle que   
 1965/06/30 (#01)TL[c]from MertonThank you for your warm and interesting letter of June 10. It is good to hear that the workYes  
 1965/06/30 (#02)TALS[x]from MertonThank you for your warm and interesting letter of June 10. It is good to hear that the workYes  
 1966/01/15 HLSto MertonSe me ha pasado mucho tiempo que escribirle, por una   
 1966/03/17 TL[c]from MertonSince I have been living in the woods I have been a very bad correspondent, even worse than before.Yes  
 1988/06/12 TL from Shannon, William / to José Coronel UrtechoI am writing to you as the officially appointed editor of the Thomas Merton letters. I have already   
 undated/no/no HPCSto MertonI feel deeply thankful for your sending me your Prometheus. I have read it once and will read it   
        

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