%0 Journal Article
%T Miłosz-Merton: A Binary Star
%A Gomola, Aleksander
%J Przekładaniec
%V Issues in English
%R 10.4467/16891864ePC.13.024.1213
%N Issue 25/2011– Between Miłosz and Milosz
%P 185-198
%K Czesław Miłosz, Thomas Merton, 1960s, Second Vatican Council
%@ 1425-6851
%D 2013
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przekladaniec/article/milosz-merton-a-binary-star
%X 
	During his life in America Czesław Miłosz met many people but few of
	them were more important than a man whom he saw only twice – Thomas Merton.
	Miłosz and Merton corresponded regularly for almost ten years (1959–1960) and their
	letters, published in Polish and English, show two great minds involved in a deep and
	sincere dialogue, revealing their most intimate thoughts as well as fears and hopes.
	Close to each other, they nevertheless remained independent in their thinking. This
	article presents their exchanges on political issues such as the Cold War, the Civil Right
	Movement or communist Russia. It also describes how each of them perceived the
	changes in the Catholic Church initiated by the Second Vatican Council. Interesting
	parallels in their biographies are also mentioned.