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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "de Vinck, Catherine".
Poet and writer Catherine de Vinck was born in Belgium. She was married to Baron José de Vinck in 1945, and they moved to the United States in 1948. A Catholic, she has authored a number of books of mystical and devotional poetry and other spiritual works. She writes from Allendale, New Jersey.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also the "de Vinck, José" 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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| # | Date | From/To | First Lines | Pub ✓ | Notes |
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1966/05/05 |
TALS to Merton |
I was delighted by your letter as a child that just received a tremendous gift. Truly I wanted |
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1967/05/31 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Yes, I see you have been inspired to write many poems. By all means go ahead and publish them if |
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1968/01/25 |
TAL[c] from Merton |
I am running a small non money and non status poetry magazine mimeographed only and will only go |
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1968/05/15 (#01) |
TLS to Merton |
Forgive my long silence...I have not thanked you yet for the poetry of "Monks Pond". I hope that |
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1968/05/15 (#02) |
other to Merton |
Christ 1968 [-] Can I speak about a journey, [-] pull from an old suitcase [-] a folder of postcards |
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[poem signed by Vinck entitled "Christ 1968"]
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