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
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Coronel Urtecho, José".
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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See also published letters from Merton to Coronel Urtecho in The Courage for Truth, pp. 171-176.
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