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Thomas Merton
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priest and author (1915–1968)
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Thomas Merton (1915–1968) was an author whose literary output includes *Del monasterio al mundo*, *If you seek a heavenly light...*, *Seeds of contemplation*, *Varieties of unbelief*, and *Bread in the wilderness*. Open Library lists 473 works attributed to him, while Crossref records five. His writings have been referenced by 686 other encyclopedia articles.
Merton’s recorded quotes include statements such as, “The biggest human temptation is … to settle for too little,” and “Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone — we find it with another.” He is categorized as a person in MusicBrainz and has a Commons category dedicated to his name.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1915-01-31 ) January 31, 1915, Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales , France
- Died
- December 10, 1968 (1968-12-10) (aged 53), Mueang Samut Prakan , Thailand
- Citizenship
- United States
- Alma mater
- Columbia University
- Occupations
- Trappist monk author
- Religion
- Christianity ( Roman Catholic )
- Church
- Latin Church
- Ordained
- May 26, 1949 (1949-05-26) (aged 34)
- Writings
- The Seven Storey Mountain (1948)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Prades
- Place of death
- Bangkok
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- St. Bonaventure University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Merton Trappist.gif
- Religious order
- Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance
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- Commons category
- Thomas Merton
- place of burial
- Kentucky
- date of birth
- 1915-01-15
- date of death
- 1968-12-10
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Merton
- cause of death
- electrocution
- religious name
- Louis
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- different from
- Thomas Ralph Merton
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