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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean, 1901-1981

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Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean".

Biography

Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto was a Christian disciple of Gandhi who founded the Ark communities (Communautés de l'Arche) in France in the 1940's. They were committed to peace, non-violence and living a self-sustaining lifestyle that was not damaging to the environment or exploitative of other people.

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Date	Type	To/From	First Lines	Notes
1968/05/06	TALS	to Merton	It was a great pity that I did not meet you the last time I went to the States. My friends	asking Merton's help in nominating Vinoba Bhave for the Nobel Peace Prize - his work in India and its relation to the non-violence movement and Gandhi
1968/07/11	TL[c]	from Merton	Please forgive my long delay in answering your letter. You can understand that as a recluse without	Merton wrote letter to August Schou of the Nobel Prize committee on behalf of Vinoba Bhave - will remind people that "the death of Dr Martin Luther King was not in vain" and that non-violence is not a failed proposition

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