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| birth_name = Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1901|9|29|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[San Vito dei Normanni]], [[Italy]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|1|5|1901|9|29|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Murcia]], [[Spain]]<br />
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| occupation = Philosopher, poet, artist, and nonviolent activist.<br />
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'''Lanza del Vasto''' (born '''Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte''';<ref>http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=584835</ref> 29 September 1901 &ndash; 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist.<br />
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He was born in [[San Vito dei Normanni]], [[Italy]] and died in [[Murcia]], [[Spain]].<br />
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A western disciple of [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]], he worked for inter-religious dialogue, spiritual renewal, ecological activism and [[nonviolence]].<br />
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== Youth in Italy ==<br />
His father, Don Luigi Giuseppe Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte, was Sicilian and his mother, Anne-Marie Henriette Nauts-Oedenkoven,<ref>http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=584835</ref> was born in Antwerp, in Belgium. Very early he traveled in Italy and Europe. He entered the University of Pisa in 1922.<br />
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== Meeting Gandhi ==<br />
In December 1936, Lanza went to India, joining the movement for Indian independence led by [[Mohandas K. Gandhi|Gandhi]]. He knew of Gandhi through a book by [[Romain Rolland]]. He spent six months with the [[Mahatma]], then in June 1937, went to the source of the [[Ganges]] river in the [[Himalayas]], a famous pilgrimage site. There he saw a vision which told him "Go back and found!"<br />
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He then returned to Europe. In 1938, he went to [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], then in the midst of civil war, to [[Jerusalem]] and [[Bethlehem]], "between two lines of tanks".<br />
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He came back to Paris at the time when the [[Second World War]] started. He wrote some books of poetry and in 1943 published the story of his trip to India, ''Return to the Source'', which became a huge success.<br />
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== Foundation of the Ark ==<br />
He founded the [[Community of the Ark]] in 1948 which first met with many difficulties. In 1954, he returned to India to participate in nonviolent anti-feudal struggles with [[Vinoba Bhave]].<br />
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In 1962 the Community of the Ark settled in Haut-[[Languedoc]], in the south of [[France]], at "La Borie Noble", near [[Lodève]], in a deserted village. After numbering over a hundred members in the 1970s and 1980s, some communities were closed in the 1990s due to conflicts, ageing population (under thirty members) and a lack of interest in their work and lifestyle. Since 2000, groups are present in a few regions of France, in Belgium, Spain, Italy, Ecuador and Canada.<ref>[http://www.arche-nonviolence.eu/regions.html ''Régions''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031175959/http://www.arche-nonviolence.eu/regions.html |date=2011-10-31 }} Community of Ark website.</ref><br />
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== Nonviolent activism ==<br />
In 1957, during the [[Algerian War]], del Vasto started with other well-known people ([[Jacques Pâris de Bollardière|General de Bollardière]], [[François Mauriac]], [[Robert Barrat]], etc.) a movement of protest against torture. He [[fasting|fasted]] for 21 days. In 1958, he demonstrated against the nuclear power plant in [[Marcoule]], France, which produced [[plutonium]] for [[nuclear weapons]].<br />
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In 1963, he fasted for 40 days in [[Rome]] during the [[Vatican II|Second Vatican Council]], asking [[Pope John XXIII]] to stand against war - ''"Pour demander au Pape de prendre position contre la guerre."''<br />
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In 1965 he was at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, talking about non-violence during weeks with the students.<br />
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[[Image:Lanza muller bolardiere.jpg|thumb|300px|Left to right, Jean-Marie Muller, Lanza del Vasto, Jacques de la Bollardière on the Larzac during the struggle against the military camp extension.]]<br />
In 1972, he supported the farmers of the [[Larzac]] plateau against the [[Fight for the Larzac|extension of a military base]] while fasting for 15 days. In 1974 a community of the Ark settled in the Larzac in a farmhouse bought by the army.<br />
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In 1976, he participated in the demonstrations against the building of the [[fast breeder]] reactor [[Superphénix]] at [[Creys-Mépieu|Creys-Malville]], Isère (France).<br />
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==Death==<br />
In January 1981, del Vasto was working to found a new community in [[Elche de la Sierra]], in the spanish province of Albacete, when on January 5, he had a [[brain hemorrhage]] and was taken to the hospital of Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de La Arrixaca in [[Murcia]].{{sfn|Maristany|2002|p=83}}{{sfn|Saverio|1980|p=187}}{{sfn|Colesanti|De Nardis|1987|p=273}}{{sfn|Galiana|1981}} He died there on Jan 6.{{sfn|''A Fondo''|1980|p=}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of peace activists]]<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Ballades aux Dames du temps présent'', Paris, 1923.<br />
* ''Conquiste du Vento'', Florence, 1927.<br />
* ''Fantasia Notturna'', théâtre, Florence, 1927.<br />
* ''Judas'', récit biblique, Grasset, 1938, [[Gallimard]], 1992.<br />
* ''[[Le Chiffre des Choses]]'', poésies, Robert Laffont, 1942.<br />
* ''[[Le Pélerinage aux Sources]]'', Denoël, 1943, Gallimard, 1989, Le Rocher, 1993.<br />
* ''Dialogue de l'Amitié'', avec [[Luc Dietrich]] (Laffont, 1942, 1993).<br />
* ''Choix'', poésies, Le Seuil, 1944.<br />
* 'La Marche des Rois, théâtre, R. Laffont, 1944.<br />
* ''Principes et préceptes du retour à l'évidence'', Denoël, 1945, Le Rocher, 1996 sous le titre ''Eloge de la vie simple''.<br />
* ''La Baronne de Carins'', bilingue, poème épique traduit du vieux sicilien, Le Seuil, 1946.<br />
* ''La Passion'', théâtre, Grasset, 1951.<br />
* ''Commentaire de l'Evangile'', Denoël, 1951, Le Rocher, 1994.<br />
* ''Histoire d'une amitié'', dans ''L'Injuste Grandeur'' de [[Luc Dietrich]], Denoël, 1951, Le Rocher, 1993.<br />
* ''Vinoba, ou le nouveau pélerinage'', Denoël, 1954, Gallimard, 1982.<br />
* Préfaces aux huit ouvrages de la collection ''Pensée gandhienne'', Denoël, 1985–1965.<br />
* ''[[Les Quatre Fléaux]]'', philosophie, Denoël, 1959, Le Rocher, 1993.<br />
* ''Pacification en Algérie, ou mensonge et violence'', édition clandestine, 1960, L'Harmattan, 1988.<br />
* ''[[Approches de la Vie Intérieure]]'', Denoël, 1962, Le Rocher, 1992.<br />
* ''Noé'', théâtre, Denoël, 1965.<br />
* ''La Montée des âmes vivantes'', Denoël, 1968.<br />
* ''L'Homme libre et les ânes sauvages'', Denoël, 1969 et 1987.<br />
* ''La Trinité spirituelle'', philosophie, Denoël, 1971, Le Rocher, 1994.<br />
* ''Technique de la non-violence'', Denoël, 1971, Gallimard, 1988.<br />
* ''Préface au Message Retrouvé de Louis Cattiaux'' (nombreuses traductions en castillan, {{not a typo|catalan}}, italien, anglais, allemand, portugais), Denoël, 1956.<br />
* ''L'Arche avait pour voilure une vigne'', Denoël, 1978, 1982.<br />
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/2207230090 Les etymologies imaginaires: Verite, vie et vertu des mots]'', Denoël, 1985. ({{ISBN|2207230090}})<br />
* ''David Berger'', théâtre, Lion de Judas, 1988.<br />
* ''Pour éviter la fin du monde'', Le Rocher, 1991.<br />
* ''[[Le Viatique]]'', 2 tomes, Le Rocher, 1991.<br />
* ''Les Quatre Pilliers de la paix'', Le Rocher, 1992.<br />
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/2268015343 Le Grand Retour]'', Le Rocher, 1993. ({{ISBN|2268015343}})<br />
* ''[https://www.amazon.com/dp/2268016072 Pages d'enseignement]'', Le Rocher, 1993. ({{ISBN|2268016072}})<br />
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==Books in English==<br />
* ''Return to the Source'', Schocken, New York, 1972. Includes an account of Shantidas's stay with Gandhi. ({{ISBN|0805234411}})<br />
* ''Make Straight the Way of the Lord: An Anthology of the Philosophical Writings of Lanza del Vasto'', Knopf, New York, 1974. ({{ISBN|0394493877}})<br />
* ''Warriors of Peace: Writings on the Technique of Nonviolence'', Knopf, New York, 1974. ({{ISBN|0394709330}})<br />
* ''Principles and Precepts of the Return to the Obvious'', Shocken, New York, 1974. ({{ISBN|9780805235364}}) (Originally published in French under the title "Principes et préceptes du retour à l'évidence", Editions Denoël, Paris, 1945).<br />
* ''Gandhi to Vinoba: The New Pilgrimage'', Shocken, New York, 1974. ({{ISBN|080523554X}}) (Reprint from Rider, London, 1956) (translated by Philip Leon from ''Vinoba, ou le nouveau pélerinage'', Denoël, 1954)<br />
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==Essays on Lanza del Vasto==<br />
* ''Qui est Lanza del Vasto'', by Jacques Madaule,<br />
* ''Lanza del Vasto'', by Arnaud de Mareuil (Seghers, 1965)<br />
* ''Dialogues avec Lanza del Vasto'', by René Doumerc (Albin Michel)<br />
* ''Les Facettes de Cristal'', interviews with Claude-Henri Roquet ([[Éditions du Centurion]])<br />
* ''Lanza del Vasto, sa vie, son œuvre, son message'', by Arnaud de Mareuil (Dangles)<br />
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==Citations==<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{cite book |last1=Colesanti |first1=M. |last2=De Nardis |first2=L. |title=L'Impegno e l'assurdo: letteratura francese contemporanea |publisher=Lucarini |series=Grandi libri |year=1987 |isbn=978-88-7033-204-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rS4qAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA273 |language=it |access-date=15 April 2018}}<br />
* {{cite news |last=Galiana |first=Ismael |date=1 July 1981 |title=Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia |trans-title=The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence |work=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |location=Madrid |page=24 |language=es |url=http://hemeroteca.abc.es/cgi-bin/pagina.pdf?fn=exec;command=stamp;path=H:%5Ccran%5Cdata%5Cprensa_pages%5CMadrid%5CABC%5C1981%5C198101%5C19810107%5C81E07-032.xml;id=0001341288 }}<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Saverio |first=Santangelo Giovanni |title=Lanza del Vasto, aèdo della non-violenza |trans-title=Lanza del Vasto: Poet of nonviolence |journal=Micromégas |publisher=Bulzoni Editore |location=Rome |volume=7 |year=1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PD8HAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA187 |page=187–190 |language=it |issn=0391-660X }}<!-- 17-18, VII, n.s., 1-2 --><br />
* {{cite book |last=Maristany |first=C. |title=Contra la desmemoria |trans-title=Against forgetfulness |publisher=Huerga & Fierro Editores |series=Ensayo (Huerga & Fierro Editores) |year=2002 |isbn=978-84-8374-317-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Fj9mXr2NK4C&pg=PA83 |language=ca |access-date=15 April 2018}}<br />
* {{cite book |title=A Fondo: análisis de la actualidad nacional e internacional |publisher=Talleres Gráficos Alemann S.R.L. |issue=nos. 1-12 |year=1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EpYwAAAAYAAJ |language=es |ref={{sfnref|''A Fondo''|1980}} |quote=Lanza del Vasto Luego de predicar durante 44 años a una sociedad que lo admiró sin compartir sus ideas como forma de vida el mensajero de la paz ya descansa finalmente en ella e la mitad de la lectura de un poema — como corresponde a quien convirtió su vida en poesía pura— y a los ochenta años de edad, falleció el 6 de enero, en Murcia, España}}<br />
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