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Jorge Carrera Andrade was a poet from Ecuador. He went to law school but was more interested in poetry. He had an early interest in leftist politics. During this period of correspondence with Merton, he served as ambassador to France and to Venezuela. He served as ambassador to a number of other nations during his life. Merton liked his poems and translated at least six of them into English. (Source: "Carrera Andrade, Jorge." World Authors. 1996. Wilson Biographies Plus. Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 20 Oct. 2005. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)
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1959/09/30 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
Desde mucho tiempo pienso escribirle unos renglones para decirle cuanto me gustan sus poesias. |
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country and culture of Ecuador / Robert Lax, Merton's translations of Cesar Vallejo and the magazine, Pax
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1960/01/13 |
TLS[x] to Merton |
Su carta me causó una impresión profunda, y mucho más me conmovieron sus poemas tan ardientes |
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[Carrera Andrade writes from France] "San Francisco de Asís de la Edad Atómica" / terricolas (land-dwellers), or those appreciating only the material and not spiritual nor things of beauty like poetry / Merton translating poems into English
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1960/06/09 |
TLS[x] from Merton |
If I wait to write this letter in Spanish it will wait months and months again. It was a great |
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translations of some of Carrera Andrade's poems into English by Merton / Carrera Andrade and "Franciscan" nature of his life and poetry / Carrera Andrade's concept of terricolas (land-dwellers) / future of South America / Octavio Paz and James Laughlin
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1961/09/23 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
I learned with pleasure that you had become Ecuadorian consul in Caracas. I hope the new post |
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Zen and D. T. Suzuki / sending "A Letter to Pablo Antonio Cuadra concerning Giants" and other poems - threat of nuclear war / peace movements across the world
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1961/09/28 |
HLS[x] to Merton |
Gracias, gracias de todo corazón por su hermosa carta y por su noble y cariñosa nota sobre |
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[Carrera Andrade writes from Caracas, Venezuela]
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1961/no/no |
HNS[x] from Merton |
I recently corrected proofs for the translations of your poems to be published in New Directions |
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Carrera Andrade's poems, translated into English, to appear in New Directions in Prose and Poetry 17 with aritcle by Merton on Zen Buddhism and D. T. Suzuki
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1964/05/04 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Thank you for sending me your few, great, beautifully printed new poems, a precious portfolio |
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Carrera Andrade having moved to Nicaragua - Merton mentions some of his poet friends from there: José Coronel Urtecho, Pablo Antonio Cuadra and Alfonso Cortés
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undated/no/no? |
HNS[x] from Merton |
I have several admirable books to thank you for - especially the Cronica de las Indias |
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[note with poems undated but all poems published in 1966] three poems with a handwritten note, including "Le Secret", "Origen", and "The Night of Destiny"
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