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Books by Thomas Merton

Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was an American Catholic monk, poet, and social critic who entered the Trappist Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky in 1941. His autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, published in 1948, became an unexpected bestseller and brought thousands of readers to Christian monasticism. Over the following two decades he published more than sixty books on contemplation, social justice, nonviolence, and interfaith dialogue. He corresponded with figures including D.T. Suzuki, Thich Nhat Hanh, and the Dalai Lama. He died in Bangkok in 1968 while attending an interfaith conference.