The Works

1Opere di Thomas Merton in inglese e quelle pubblicate in italiano

  • Alaskan Journal of Thomas Merton, (The), Alaskan Conferences, Journals and Letters, New Directions, New York 1989.
  • Albert Camus’ the Plague, Seabury Press, New York 1968
  • Argument with the Gestapo, (My): A Macaronic Journal, Doubleday, New York 1969; italiano: Io e la Gestapo, Garzanti, 1972
  • Ascent to Truth, (The), Harcourt Brace, New York, 1951; italiano: Ascesa alla verità, Garzanti, 1955
  • Asian Journal of Thomas Merton, (The), New Directions, New York, 1973, italiano: Diario asiatico, Garzanti, 1975.
  • At Home in the World: The letters of Thomas Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether, Orbis Books, New York, 1995
  • Balanced Life of Prayer, (A): Getsemani, 1951; italiano: Un’equilibrata vita di preghiera, Morcelliana, 1953.
  • Behavior of titans (The), New Directions, New York, 1961
  • Bread in the Wilderness, New Directions, New York, 1953; italiano: Il pane nel deserto, Garzanti, 1957.
  • Breakthrough to Peace: Twelve Views on the Threat of Thermonuclear Extermination, New Directions, New York, 1962
  • Cables to the aces, or familiar liturgies of misunderstanding, New Directions, New York, 1968; italiano: Cablogrammi e profezie, Garzanti, 1972
  • Catch of Anti-Letters: Thomas Merton, Robert Lax, (A), Sheed, Andrews and McMeel, , Kansas City 1978.
  • Choosing to love the world. On contemplation, Boulder, CO, 2008; italiano: Scegliere di amare il mondo, Lindau, 2008
  • Climate of monastic prayer (The), Cistercian Pub. Mass, 1969; italiano: Il clima della preghiera monastica, Garzanti, 1970,
  • Cold war letters (The), Orbis Books, New York, 2006
  • Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, Doubleday, New York 1966; italiano: Diario di un testimone colpevole, Garzanti, 1968
  • Collected poems of Thomas Merton (The), New Directions, New York, 1977
  • Contemplation in a World of Action, Doubleday, New York 1971.
  • Courage for Truth, (The): The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1993; italiano: Il coraggio della verità, Piemme, 1996
  • Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage: Journals V (1963-1965), Harper San Francisco, 1997.
  • Dark before dawn (in the): New selected poems of Thomas Merton, New Directions, New York, 2005
  • Day of a Stranger, Gibbs M. Smith Pub. 1981, Salt Lake City.
  • Devotions in Honor of Saint John of the Cross, Philadelphia, Jefferies & Manz,1953
  • Dialogues with silence. Prayers and drawings, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 2001; italiano: Dialoghi con il silenzio. Preghiere e disegni originali dell’autore, San Paolo 2002
  • Disputed Questions, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York 1960; italiano: Problemi dello spirito, Garzanti 1962
  • Early poems 1040-42, Anvil press, Ky, 1971
  • Eighteen Poems, New York,New Directions, 1985
  • Emblems of a season of fury, New Directions, New York, 1963; italiano: Emblemi in un’età di violenza, Garzanti, 1971
  • Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer: Journals II (1941-1952), Harper San Francisco, 1996
  • Exile Ends in Glory: The Life of a Trappistine, Mother M. Berchmans, O.C.S.O., Bruce Company, Milwaukee, 1948; italiano: L’esilio e la gloria, Morcelliana, 1952
  • Faith and Violence: Christian Teaching and Christian Practice, University of Notre Dame Press, London 1968; italiano: Fede-Resistenza-Protesta, Morcelliana, 1970
  • Figure for an Apocalypse, Norfolk, Conn., new Directions, 1947
  • Gandhi on Non-Violence: A Selection from the Writings of Mahatma Gandhi, New Directions, New York 1965; italiano: Gandhi per la pace. Aforismi, Feltrinelli, 1964
  • Geography of Lograire, (The), New York, New Directions, 1969
  • He is Risen, Argus, Ill., 1975
  • Hidden Ground of Love, (The): The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1985.
  • “Honorable Reader”: Reflections on My Work, Crossroad, New York 1989.
  • “Inner Experience, (The)”, Notes on contemplation, HarperCollins, San Francisco, 2003; italiano: L’esperienza interiore. Note sulla contemplazione, San Paolo, 2005
  • Ishi Means Man: Essays on Native Americans, Unicorn Press, Greensboro 1976.
  • Intimate Merton (The) . His Life from His Journals, Harper, San Francisco, 1999; italiano: Scrivere è pensare, vivere, pregare, Garzanti, 2001
  • Last of the Fathers, (The): St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Encyclical, Doctor Mellifluus Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1954.
  • Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom, Journals VI (1966-67), Harper, San Francisco, 1997
  • Life and Holiness Herder and Herder, New York 1963; italiano: Vita e santità, Lindau, 2009
  • Literary Essays of Thomas Merton, (The), New Directions, New York, 1981.
  • Living Bread, (The), Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York 1956; italiano: Il pane vivo, Garzanti, 1958
  • Love and Living, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, New York, 1979.
  • Man in the Divided Sea, (A), New Directions, New York, 1946
  • Monastic journey, (The), Sheed A. and McMeel, Kansas city, 1977, italiano: Un vivere alternativo, Qiqajon, 1994
  • Mystics and Zen Masters, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York 1967; italiano: Mistici e maestri zen, Garzanti, 1969.
  • New Man, (The), Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York 1961; italiano: L’uomo nuovo, Garzanti, 1963
  • New Seeds of Contemplation, New Directions, New York 1962; italiano: Nuovi semi di contemplazione, Lindau, 2009
  • No Man Is an Island, Harcourt, Brace, New York 1955; italiano: Nessun uomo è un’isola, Garzanti, 1953
  • Opening the Bible, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota; italiano: Leggere la Bibbia, Garzanti, 2002
  • Other Side of the Mountain, (The): The End of the Journey, Journal VII (1967-1968), Harper, San Francisco, 1998.
  • Passion for Peace: The Social Essays of Thomas Merton, New York, Crossroad, 1995.
  • Peace in the post christian era, Orbis Books, New York, 2004; italiano: La pace nell’era post cristiana, Qiqajon, 2005
  • Praying the Psalms, Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota 1956; italiano: La preghiera dei salmi, La Locusta, 1969
  • Preview of the Asian Journey: Thomas Merton, New York, Crossroad, 1989.
  • Raids on the Unspeakable, New York, New Directions, 1966.
  • Redeeming the Time, Burnes & Oates, London, 1966
  • Révolution noire (La), Casterman, Paris, 1964; italiano: La rivoluzione negra, La Locusta, 1965
  • Road to Joy, (The): The Letters of Thomas Merton to New and Old Friends, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1989.
  • Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation, The Journals of Thomas Merton. I (1939-1941), Harper SanFrancisco, San Francisco 1995.
  • School of Charity,( The): The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1990.
  • Search for Solitude, (A): Pursuing the Monk’s True Life: Journals III (1952-1960), Harper, San Francisco, 1996.
  • Seasons of Celebration. Meditations on the cycle of Liturgical feasts, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1965; italiano: Stagioni liturgiche, Rusconi, 1977.
  • Secular Journal of Thomas Merton, (The), Farrar, Strauss & Cudahy, New York 1959; italiano: Diario secolare, Garzanti, 1960
  • Seeking Paradise: the spirit of Shakers, Orbis, N.Y., 2003
  • Seeds of Contemplation, New York, New Directions, 1949; italiano: Semi di contemplazione, Garzanti, 1951
  • Seeds of Distruction, New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1964. italiano: Semi di distruzione, Garzanti 1966.
  • Selected poems of Thomas Merton, New Directions, New York, 1959; italiano: Poesie, Garzanti, 1962
  • Seven Storey Mountain, (The), Harcourt, Brace, New York 1948. italiano: La montagna dalle sette balze, Garzanti 1950
  • Sign of Jonas, (The), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York 1953; italiano: Il segno di Giona, Garzanti, 1953
  • Silent Life, (The), Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York 1957; italiano: Vita nel silenzio, Morcelliana, 1957
  • Six letters: Boris Pasternak – Thomas Merton, King Library Press, Ky, 1973; italiano: Pasternak, La Locusta, 1975
  • Spiritual Direction and Meditation, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn. 1960; italiano: Direzione spiritual e meditazione, Garzanti, 1965
  • Springs of contemplation. A retreat at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, New York, 1992
  • Strange island (The), New Directions, New York 1957
  • Tears of the blind lions, New York, New Directions, 1949; alcune parti vengono inserite nel volume italiano: Poesie, Garzanti 1962
  • Thirty Poems, Norfolk, Conn., New Directions, 1944
  • Thomas Merton: Life in letters (A): the essential collection, HarperOneCollins Pub., New York, 2008
  • Thomas Merton on Peace, McCall, New York, 1971
  • Thomas Merton on St. Bernard, Cistercian Publications, 1980
  • Thomas Merton Reader, (A) Harcourt, Brace & World, New York 1962.
  • Thoughts in Solitude, Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, New York, 1958; italiano: Pensieri nella solitudine, Garzanti, 1959.
  • Turning toward the World: The Pivotal Years: Journals IV (1960-1963), Harper, San Francisco, 1996
  • Vow of Conversation, A: Journal, 1964-1965, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1988.
  • Waters of Siloe, (The), Harcourt, Brace, New York, 1949; italiano: Le acque di Siloe, Garzanti 1951
  • Way of Chuang Tzu, (The), New Directions, New York 1965; italiano: La via semplice di Chuang Tzu, Paoline, 1993
  • What Are These Wounds? The Life of a Cistercian Mystic, St. Lutgarde of Aywiéres, Bruce, Milwaukee, 1948; italiano: Che sono queste ferite?, Garzanti, 1952
  • What is Contemplation?, Notre Dame Ind., 1948; italiano: Che cos’è la contemplazione?, Morcelliana, 1948
  • Wisdom of the Desert, (The) Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century, New York, New Directions, 1960; italiano: La saggezza del deserto, Lindau, 2009
  • Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York 1994
  • Woods, shore,desert: a notebook, Santa Fe, N.Mex., 1982
  • Year with Thomas Merton (A), Daily meditations from his journals, HarperCollins, New York, 2004
  • Zen and the Birds of Appetite, New Directions, New York, 1968; italiano: Lo zen e gli uccelli rapaci, Garzanti, 1970

2Opere di Thomas Merton riferite a particolari argomenti

  • Cistercian contemplatives: a guide to Trappist life., Trappist, Ky.: Gethsemani Abbey, 1948, 62 pp.
  • Guide to Cistercian life, cit., 15 pp.
  • Gethsemani Magnificat: Centenary of Gethsemani Abbey, cit., 1949, 72 pp.
  • Devotions in honor of Saint John of the Cross, compiled by a cloistered religious. Philadelphia: Jefferies & Manz, 1953, 8 pp.
  • Trappist life: a guide to the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance called Trappists, Trappist, Ky.: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1953, 63 pp.
  • Silence in heaven: a book on the monastic life, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1956, 70 pp.
  • Marthe, Marie et Lazare, Paris, Desclée de Brouwer, 1956, 145 pp.
  • Basic principles of monastic spirituality, Trappist, Ky.:, Abbey of Gethsemani, 1957, 35 pp.
  • Monastic peace, cit., 1958, 58 pp.
  • The solitary life, published by Victor Hammer, 1960 (in: The monastic journey).
  • Clement of Alexandria: selections for the Protreptikos, New York: New Directions, 1962, 27 pp.
  • Loretto and Gethsemani: in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the founfing of the Sisters of Loretto at the foot of the Cross, 1812 – 1962, Trappist, Ky.: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1962, 8 pp.
  • What think you of Carmel?, cit., 1962, 11 pp.
  • The solitary life: a letter of Guigo, Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester, England, 1963.
  • Come to the mountain, Snowmass, Colo.: St. Benedict’s Monastery, 1964, 66 pp.
  • Monastic life at Gethsemani, Trappist, Ky.: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1965, 29 pp.
  • A prayer of Cassiodorus: from the Treatise De Anima, Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester, 1967, 15 pp.
  • Monastery of Christ in the desert, Abiquin, N. Mex.: Monastery of Christ in the desert, 1967, 16 pp.

3Altre pubblicazioni di Thomas Merton

3.1Prosa

  • The spirit of semplicity, Trappist, Ky.: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1948, VI+139 pp.
  • Original child bomb, New York: New Directions, 1962.
  • Hagia Sophia, Lexington, Ky.: Stamperia del Santuccio, 1962, 8 pp.

3.2Dramma

  • The tower of Babel, New York: New Directions, 1957, 30 pp.

3.3Meditazioni

  • Prometheous: a meditation, Lexington, Ky.: King library press, 1958, 9 pp.
  • The unquiet conscience, by Piero Bargellini, translated by Thomas Merton, Lexington, Ky.: Stamperia del Santuccio, 1958, 4 pp. (libretto che illustra la figura di San Luigi Gonzaga)

3.4Omelia

  • Nativity kerygma, Trappist, Ky.: Abbey of Gethsemani, 1958, 14 pp.

3.5Novella

  • Albert Camu’s the plague, New York: Seabury, 1968, 43 pp.

3.6Fotografia

  • God is my life: the story of Our Lady of Gethsemani, New York: Reynal & Co., 1960, 94 pp.
  • Gethsemani: a life of praise, Trappist, Ky.:, Abbey of Gethsemani, 1966, 64 pp.

4Altre Opere Postume

4.1Le Lettere

  • The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns, edited by William H. Shannon, New York: Farrar, Straus,and Giroux, 1985, XIV+669 pp.
  • The Road to Joy: The Letters of Thomas Merton to New and Old Friends, edited by Robert E. Daggy, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989, XVI+383 pp.
  • The School of Charity: Letters on Religious Renewal and Spiritual Direction, edited by Patrick Hart, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990, XII+434 pp.
  • The Courage for Truth: The Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers, edited by Christine M. Bochen, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1993, XIV+314 pp. trad. ital.: Il coraggio della verità, trad. M. Scaccabarozzi, PIEMME, 1996, 316 pagg.
  • Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisis, edited by William H. Shannon, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994, XIII+352 pp.
  • Thomas Merton: A Life in Letters: The essential Collection, edited by William H. Shannon and Christine M. Bochen, HarperOne-HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, 2008, XIV+402 pp.

4.2I Diari

  • Run to the Mountain: The Story of a Vocation, The journals of Thomas Merton, vol. 1: 1939-41, edited by Patrick Hart, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1995, XVII+478 pp.
  • Entering the Silence: Becoming a Monk and Writer, The journals of Thomas Merton, vol. 2: 1941-52, edited by Jonathan Montaldo, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, XVII+501 pp.
  • A Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk’s True Life, The journal of Thomas Merton, vol. 3: 1952-60, edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, XVIII+406 pp.
  • Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years, The journals of Thomas Merton, vol. 4: 1960-63, edited by Victor Kramer, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996, XIX+360 pp.
  • Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage, The journal of Thomas Merton, vol 5: 1963-65, edited by Robert E. Daggy, San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997, XVIII+363 pp.
  • Learning to Love: Exploring Solitude and Freedom, The journals of Thomas Merton, vol. 6: 1966-67, edited by Christine M. Bochen, San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco, 1997, XXIV+382 pp.
  • The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey, The journals of Thomas Merton, vol. 7: 1967-68, edited by Patrick Hart, San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco, 1998, XIX+348.