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Thomas Merton was born in Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales, France, on January 31, 1915, to parents of Welsh origin: Owen Merton, a New Zealand painter active in Europe and the United States, and Ruth Jenkins Merton, an American Quaker and artist. They had met at a painting school in Paris. [2]
Dave Matthews (b. 1967), South African-born American musician [362] Thomas Merton (1915–1968). Though his mother was an American Quaker and he attended some meetings, he was baptized and primarily raised an Anglican. [363]
The Seven Storey Mountain is the 1948 autobiography of Thomas Merton, an American Trappist monk and priest who was a noted author in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Merton finished the book in 1946 at the age of 31, five years after entering Gethsemani Abbey near Bardstown, Kentucky.
This year marked the 75th anniversary of his seminal work, ‘The Seven Storey Mountain.’
Thomas Merton's hermitage (interior) at the Abbey of Gethsemani Below is a bibliography of published works written by Thomas Merton , the Trappist monk of The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani . Several of the works listed here have been published posthumously.
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Thomas Merton was his novice master. “A Matter of the Heart” draws from Quenon’s experiences and observations over five of his more than six decades inside the cloister.
Late developer: Thomas Merton's discovery of photography as a medium for his contemplative vision. OCLC 76262354. Stuart, Angus (2006). Seeing and Not Seeing what Merton Saw. OCLC 76811310. Yew, Hongchang (1999). Thomas Merton's Journey with Art: A Study of Thomas Merton's Spiritual Aesthetics (Thesis). Drew University. OCLC 43759260.