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Mott, Michael

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The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton / Mott, Michael ; Merton T ; Williams J ; Lax R., 1984

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Identifier: CC-54440-989934
Scope and Contents This is the first edkition, first printing of the book. Page 202 mentions Merton's periodical "Monk's Pond" and his concrete poetry on page 502. The Sackner Archive also holds two original typewriter poems by Mott.Wikipedia: Michael Mott was born in London. His father was a solicitor and his mother was a sculptor from Denver, Colorado. Mott was educated in America and England. After his service in the British Army, he attended Oriel College of Oxford University, then art school and a year traveling in Europe and the Middle East. Mott then began his literary career taking a job in 1956 as the editor of trade journal, Air Freight. In 1957, his first collection of poetry, The Cost of Living, was published. On May 6 1961, Mott married Margaret Watt, a fashion designer, at St. John's Wood Church, London. In 1962, as the couple welcomed twin daughters, Mott's first novel The Notebooks of Susan Berry was published. Reviewer Kenneth Allsop writing for the Daily Mail called the book, "a...
Dates: 1984

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