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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Hollo, Anselm, 1934-

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1968

Volume: 9 item(s); 12 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Hollo, Anselm".

Biography

Anselm Hollo was a professor in the Department of English at University of Iowa in Iowa City at the time of correspondence with Merton. He was a Finnish poet who lived for a time on the Isle of Wight, and, since 1968, has taught at a number of universities in the United States. His translations of poems and his own poems are found throughout Merton's little literary magazine Monks Pond. He has published a number of books of his poetry and of poetry in translation.

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See also contributions to Monks Pond, pp. 77, 108, 175, 250-252 and 280.

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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
 1968/02/29 TAL[c]from MertonI am very happy with the Klee poems and with your poem. I want to use the Klee in my second issue   
 1968/03/19 TLSto Mertonso glad you like the Klee poems, and my own: look forward to seeing them in your magazine.   
 1968/04/16 TL[c]from MertonI have just been reading your translations of Pentti Saarikoski. Magnificent stuff, alive, clear,   
 1968/04/22 (#01)TLSto Mertontremendously pleased by your good words on my Saarikoski (HELSINKI). Except for UNE VIE   
 1968/04/22 (#02)other PENTTI SAARIKOSKI (Finland) [-] taking the baby out for a walk [-] Taking the baby out for a walk in  [original typescript of "Taking the Baby Out for a Walk", by Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski, translated by Anselm Hollo]
 1968/04/22 (#03)other dog, running [-] house across the street, seen through the lace curtain clip-clop of heels  [original typescript of "dog, running" by Finnish poet Pentti Saarikoski, translated by Anselm Hollo]
 1968/04/22 (#04)other she was sleeping [-] very quickly [-] he began to miss her [-] * [-] node of high singing matter  [original typescript of poem by Anselm Hollo]
 1968/05/01 HLSto Mertonhad a few of these made - copies of the MS of a book Trigam Press, London, are due to bring out soon   
 1968/07/09 TLSto MertonMany thanks for your letter--yes, I am really sorry I didn't make it to Kentuck, [sic] on my way   
        

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