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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Cortés, Maria Luisa".
Maria Luisa Cortés was the sister of poet Alfonso Cortés. She writes from León, Nicaragua.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
Part of a letter from Merton to Maria Luisa Cortés is quoted in The Courage for Truth, p. 178; see also "Cortés, Alfonso" file.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
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1965/09/03 |
TALS[x] from Merton |
[L]e agradezco su carta y sobre todo del envio de otros poemas nuevos de Don Alfonso. |
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1966/06/24 |
TLS to Merton |
Con el respetuoso afecto y la admiración de Alfonso y esta su hermana, así como de toda la familia, |
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1966/07/04 |
HLS[x] from Merton |
Acabo de recibir su [...] carta con los dos poemas de Don Alfonso - |
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1968/09/no? |
TLS[x] from Merton to Friends (circular letter) |
As you know, I have been cutting down more and more on letters and now my contacts will be almost |
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1971/02/05 |
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La SOCIEDAD CULTURAL "ALFONSO CORTES" invita a Ud. (s) con agrado al homenaje que |
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[sent with 1971/04/17 letter]
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1971/04/17 |
TLS[x] to Center from Cortés, Maria Luisa |
En mi poder su comunicación en la cual piden se les envíen todos los textos o material de las cartas |
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[includes a translation into English of the text of the letter - she sends copies of Merton's letters to Alfonso Cortés, poems Merton wrote for Cortés, and the text of an invitation for a memorial program for Cortés from February of 1971]
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1971/05/05 |
TL[x] from Center to Cortés, Maria Luisa |
Please accept my apology for being so long thanking you for your generous donation of material |
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| 8. |
undated/no/no |
TPCS to Merton |
Con un cariñoso saludo en Cristo, pedimos al Redentor bendiciones para Ud. y éxito en su misión |
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[verso: color photo of house described as "The house of Aunt Bernarda, today Rubén Dario's Museum, in León, Nicaragua."]
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