Thomas Merton (1915 - 1968) was an American Trappist monk and author, born in Prades
in the Pyrénées-Orientales département of France.
Merton wrote more than 50 books, 2000 poems, and a countless number of essays, reviews,
and lectures that have been recorded and published. He is widely acclaimed as one of the
most influential American spiritual writers of the past century.
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