The page of Bernos de Gasztold, Carmen, English biography
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Biography
Carmen Bernos de Gasztold (1919, in Arcachon – 1995) is a French poet. She spent her childhood in the province of Bordeaux, France. She had 5 sisters and brothers. After World War II she went to live at the Benedictine Abbeye Saint Louis du Temple at Limon-par-Igny. Her family were of Lithuanian descent (Gasztold being the Polish rendering of the Lithuanian name Goštautas).
The English translation was written by Rumer Godden (1907–1998) who went to the Benedictine Abbey in France and spent time with the poet to do the translation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Bernos_de_Gasztold
(Editor of this page: P. T.)
