MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Williams, Emmett, 1925-
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)
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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Williams, Emmett".
Biography
Emmett Williams is a poet and a member of the Fluxus movement. He is most known for his concrete poetry. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he attended Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. After graduation and marriage in 1949, he moved to Europe, where he lived until 1966. He was part of the Darmstadt circle of concrete poetry in Germany. After returning to the United States, he founded Something Else Press in New York. Since then, he had been poet and artist in residence at universities and museums. Besides books of his own poetry, he has been involved in editing, translating and anthologizing poetry for publication. (Source: "Emmett Williams." Contemporary Authors Online. 2005. Literature Resource Center. Thomson Gale. Bellarmine University Lib., Louisville, Kentucky. 8 Sep. 2006 ‹http://galenet.galegroup.com›.)
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