MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Straelen, H. J. J. M. van (Henricus Johannes Josephus Maria), 1903-2004
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1959
Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)
Scope and Content
In a letter to James Laughlin of February 16, 1955, Merton writes, "I am getting more and more interested in Japan, especially since getting a letter and some books from a very alert missionary there, Fr. Van Straelen in Tokyo." In the same letter, Merton mentions to Laughlin that he is now interested in finding books by D.T. Suzuki, whom he has not read yet. No letters to or from Fr. Henri van Straelen are extant, but there is a transcript of letter from Merton to van Straelen from 1959 recorded by Dom James Fox.
Biography
Fr. Henri van Straelen, S.V.D. was a priest of the Society of the Divine Word and a professor of philosophy who spent much of his life as a missionary and scholar in Japan. He was a peritus to the Second Vatican Council.
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See also letter of 1955/02/16 in the "Laughlin, James" file.
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