Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section E.2:

Char, René. Poems from the French of René Char, translated by Thomas Merton.

Item 1 - At the gates of Aerea (from "Aux portes d'aerea")

First Lines:  Happy time. Each walled town was a big family which

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal. On the same page as "Fighters."

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14

Item 2 - Celebrating Giacometti (from "Célébrer Giacometti")

First Lines:  This late afternoon of April 1964 the despotic old eagle

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14

Item 3 - Come dance in baronies (from "Dansons aux baronnies")

First Lines:  In an olive-tree dress The Amoureuse had said:

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14

Item 4 - Convergeance of the many (from "Convergence des multiples")

First Lines:  This man was generous not because he wanted

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal. On the same page as "Faction du Muet."

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14

Item 5 - Faction du muet

First Lines:  The stones huddled together on the ramparts and men lived

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14

Item 6 - Fighters (from "Lutteurs")

First Lines:  In the sky of men the bread of stars seemed to me

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14

Item 7 - Septentrion

First Lines:  I went walking (said the girl)

Sub-Type:  Manuscript

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerox of holograph

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Seemingly photocopied from a working notebook or journal.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 14