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Merton's Correspondence with:

Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto; Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia

Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean, 1901-1981  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1968
Volume: 2 item(s); 2 pg(s)

Scope and Content

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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See also the "Lanza del Vasto, Chanterelle" and "Schou, August" files.

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1. 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 «detailed view»
2. 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 «detailed view»

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