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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Prades, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Bangkok, Thailand
  • AKA: Father Louis
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Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky. He was a prolific poet and writer on spiritual and social themes.


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Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk of the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky. After studying in England and France, he was ordained priest in 1949. He published several collections of poems, including A Man in the Divided Sea. His autobiography, Seven Storey Mountain, earned him an international reputation. His work in the 60s expressed clear social criticism and a longing for interfaith understanding.

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