Merton and Vignati discuss Latin American poetry and the religious values and continuing plight of the Indian in the Americas.
Alejandro Vignati was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the time of writing to Merton, he was in Lima, Peru. He was a poet, critic and co-authored a Peruvian screenplay. He wrote a study on author Henry Miller as well.
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See also the "Eshleman, Clayton" and "Espinoza, Ricardo" files; and see also published letters from Merton to Vignati in The Courage for Truth, pp. 233-234.
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# | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1964/11/01 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
I hope you read English as I write it faster than Spanish and if I had to wait for time to write |
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1965/07/23 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
Ya estas en Lima, y me alegro de eso porque un amigo mío poeta se va para Lima en el otoño. |
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1965/07/27 |
TALS to Merton |
Recibo tu carta y me alegro y vuelvo alegrarme y pasan los días y el verano está ausente y además |
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