Deaths on January 5

Lanza del Vasto

Died on January 5, 1981

Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)

Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte; 29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist.

He was born in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy and died in Murcia, Spain.

A western disciple of Mohandas K. Gandhi, he worked for inter-religious dialogue, spiritual renewal, ecological activism and nonviolence.

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Deaths on January 5

Lanza del Vasto

Died on January 5, 1981

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