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Lanza del Vasto

January 01, 1970

Lanza del Vasto (born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte;[1] 29 September 1901 – 6 January 1981) was an Italian philosopher, poet, artist, Catholic and nonviolent activist.

Lanza del Vasto
Lanza del Vasto
Born
Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte

(1901-09-29)29 September 1901
San Vito dei Normanni, Italy
Died5 January 1981(1981-01-05) (aged 79)
Murcia, Spain
Occupation(s)Philosopher, poet, artist, 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.

Youth in Italy edit

His father, Don Luigi Giuseppe Lanza di Trabia-Branciforte, was Sicilian and his mother, Anne-Marie Henriette Nauts-Oedenkoven,[1] was born in Antwerp, in Belgium. Very early he traveled in Italy and Europe. He entered the University of Pisa in 1922.

Meeting Gandhi edit

In December 1936, Lanza went to India, joining the movement for Indian independence led by 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 sources of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers in the Himalayas, a famous pilgrimage site. There he saw a vision which told him "Go back and found!"

He then returned to Europe. In 1938, he went to Palestine, then in the midst of civil war, to Jerusalem and Bethlehem, "between two lines of tanks".

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.

Foundation of the Ark edit

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.

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.[2]

Nonviolent activism edit

In 1957, during the Algerian War, del Vasto started with other well-known people (General de Bollardière, François Mauriac, Robert Barrat, etc.) a movement of protest against torture. He fasted for 21 days. In 1958, he demonstrated against the nuclear power plant in Marcoule, France, which produced plutonium for nuclear weapons.

In 1963, he fasted for 40 days in Rome during the Second Vatican Council, asking Pope John XXIII to stand against war - "Pour demander au Pape de prendre position contre la guerre."

In 1965 he was at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, talking about non-violence during weeks with the students.

 
Left to right, Jean-Marie Muller, Lanza del Vasto, Jacques de la Bollardière on the Larzac during the struggle against the military camp extension.

In 1972, he supported the farmers of the Larzac plateau against the 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.

In 1976, he participated in the demonstrations against the building of the fast breeder reactor Superphénix at Creys-Malville, Isère (France).

Death edit

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.[3][4][5][6] He died there on Jan 6.[7]

See also edit

Bibliography edit

  • Ballades aux Dames du temps présent, Paris, 1923.
  • Conquiste du Vento, Florence, 1927.
  • Fantasia Notturna, théâtre, Florence, 1927.
  • Judas, récit biblique, Grasset, 1938, Gallimard, 1992.
  • Le Chiffre des Choses, poésies, Robert Laffont, 1942.
  • Le Pélerinage aux Sources, Denoël, 1943, Gallimard, 1989, Le Rocher, 1993.
  • Dialogue de l'Amitié, avec Luc Dietrich (Laffont, 1942, 1993).
  • Choix, poésies, Le Seuil, 1944.
  • La Marche des Rois, théâtre, R. Laffont, 1944.
  • Principes et préceptes du retour à l'évidence, Denoël, 1945, Le Rocher, 1996 sous le titre Eloge de la vie simple.
  • La Baronne de Carins, bilingue, poème épique traduit du vieux sicilien, Le Seuil, 1946.
  • La Passion, théâtre, Grasset, 1951.
  • Commentaire de l'Evangile, Denoël, 1951, Le Rocher, 1994.
  • Histoire d'une amitié, dans L'Injuste Grandeur de Luc Dietrich, Denoël, 1951, Le Rocher, 1993.
  • Vinoba, ou le nouveau pélerinage, Denoël, 1954, Gallimard, 1982.
  • Préfaces aux huit ouvrages de la collection Pensée gandhienne, Denoël, 1985–1965.
  • Les Quatre Fléaux, philosophie, Denoël, 1959, Le Rocher, 1993.
  • Pacification en Algérie, ou mensonge et violence, édition clandestine, 1960, L'Harmattan, 1988.
  • Approches de la Vie Intérieure, Denoël, 1962, Le Rocher, 1992.
  • Noé, théâtre, Denoël, 1965.
  • La Montée des âmes vivantes, Denoël, 1968.
  • L'Homme libre et les ânes sauvages, Denoël, 1969 et 1987.
  • La Trinité spirituelle, philosophie, Denoël, 1971, Le Rocher, 1994.
  • Technique de la non-violence, Denoël, 1971, Gallimard, 1988.
  • Préface au Message Retrouvé de Louis Cattiaux (nombreuses traductions en castillan, catalan, italien, anglais, allemand, portugais), Denoël, 1956.
  • L'Arche avait pour voilure une vigne, Denoël, 1978, 1982.
  • Les etymologies imaginaires: Verite, vie et vertu des mots, Denoël, 1985. (ISBN 2207230090)
  • David Berger, théâtre, Lion de Judas, 1988.
  • Pour éviter la fin du monde, Le Rocher, 1991.
  • Le Viatique, 2 tomes, Le Rocher, 1991.
  • Les Quatre Pilliers de la paix, Le Rocher, 1992.
  • Le Grand Retour, Le Rocher, 1993. (ISBN 2268015343)
  • Pages d'enseignement, Le Rocher, 1993. (ISBN 2268016072)

Books in English edit

  • Return to the Source, Schocken, New York, 1972. Includes an account of Shantidas's stay with Gandhi. (ISBN 0805234411)
  • Make Straight the Way of the Lord: An Anthology of the Philosophical Writings of Lanza del Vasto, Knopf, New York, 1974. (ISBN 0394493877)
  • Warriors of Peace: Writings on the Technique of Nonviolence, Knopf, New York, 1974. (ISBN 0394709330)
  • 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).
  • 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)

Essays on Lanza del Vasto edit

  • Qui est Lanza del Vasto, by Jacques Madaule,
  • Lanza del Vasto, by Arnaud de Mareuil (Seghers, 1965)
  • Dialogues avec Lanza del Vasto, by René Doumerc (Albin Michel)
  • Les Facettes de Cristal, interviews with Claude-Henri Roquet (Éditions du Centurion)
  • Lanza del Vasto, sa vie, son œuvre, son message, by Arnaud de Mareuil (Dangles)

Citations edit

  1. ^ a b "Anne-Marie Henriette Nauts-Oedenkoven, * 1874". Geneall.net. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  2. ^ Régions 2011-10-31 at the Wayback Machine Community of Ark website.
  3. ^ Maristany 2002, p. 83.
  4. ^ Saverio 1980, p. 187.
  5. ^ Colesanti & De Nardis 1987, p. 273.
  6. ^ Galiana 1981.
  7. ^ A Fondo 1980.

References edit

  • Colesanti, M.; De Nardis, L. (1987). L'Impegno e l'assurdo: letteratura francese contemporanea. Grandi libri (in Italian). Lucarini. ISBN 978-88-7033-204-9. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  • Galiana, Ismael (1 July 1981). "Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia" [The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence] (PDF). ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 24.
  • Saverio, Santangelo Giovanni (1980). "Lanza del Vasto, aèdo della non-violenza" [Lanza del Vasto: Poet of nonviolence]. Micromégas (in Italian). 7. Rome: Bulzoni Editore: 187–190. ISSN 0391-660X.
  • Maristany, C. (2002). Contra la desmemoria [Against forgetfulness]. Ensayo (Huerga & Fierro Editores) (in Catalan). Huerga & Fierro Editores. ISBN 978-84-8374-317-1. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  • A Fondo: análisis de la actualidad nacional e internacional (in Spanish). Talleres Gráficos Alemann S.R.L. 1980. 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

External links edit

  •   Media related to Lanza del Vasto at Wikimedia Commons
  •   French Wikisource has original text related to this article: Auteur:Lanza del Vasto
  •   French Wikiquote has quotations related to: Lanza del Vasto
  • Official website (in French)

January 01, 1970
lanza, vasto, born, giuseppe, giovanni, luigi, maria, enrico, lanza, trabia, branciforte, september, 1901, january, 1981, italian, philosopher, poet, artist, catholic, nonviolent, activist, borngiuseppe, giovanni, luigi, enrico, lanza, trabia, branciforte, 190. Lanza del Vasto born Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Maria Enrico Lanza di Trabia Branciforte 1 29 September 1901 6 January 1981 was an Italian philosopher poet artist Catholic and nonviolent activist Lanza del VastoLanza del VastoBornGiuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia Branciforte 1901 09 29 29 September 1901San Vito dei Normanni ItalyDied5 January 1981 1981 01 05 aged 79 Murcia SpainOccupation s Philosopher poet artist 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 Contents 1 Youth in Italy 2 Meeting Gandhi 3 Foundation of the Ark 4 Nonviolent activism 5 Death 6 See also 7 Bibliography 8 Books in English 9 Essays on Lanza del Vasto 10 Citations 11 References 12 External linksYouth in Italy editHis father Don Luigi Giuseppe Lanza di Trabia Branciforte was Sicilian and his mother Anne Marie Henriette Nauts Oedenkoven 1 was born in Antwerp in Belgium Very early he traveled in Italy and Europe He entered the University of Pisa in 1922 Meeting Gandhi editIn December 1936 Lanza went to India joining the movement for Indian independence led by 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 sources of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers in the Himalayas a famous pilgrimage site There he saw a vision which told him Go back and found He then returned to Europe In 1938 he went to Palestine then in the midst of civil war to Jerusalem and Bethlehem between two lines of tanks 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 Foundation of the Ark editHe 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 In 1962 the Community of the Ark settled in Haut Languedoc in the south of France at La Borie Noble near Lodeve 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 2 Nonviolent activism editIn 1957 during the Algerian War del Vasto started with other well known people General de Bollardiere Francois Mauriac Robert Barrat etc a movement of protest against torture He fasted for 21 days In 1958 he demonstrated against the nuclear power plant in Marcoule France which produced plutonium for nuclear weapons In 1963 he fasted for 40 days in Rome during the Second Vatican Council asking Pope John XXIII to stand against war Pour demander au Pape de prendre position contre la guerre In 1965 he was at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata Argentina talking about non violence during weeks with the students nbsp Left to right Jean Marie Muller Lanza del Vasto Jacques de la Bollardiere on the Larzac during the struggle against the military camp extension In 1972 he supported the farmers of the Larzac plateau against the 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 In 1976 he participated in the demonstrations against the building of the fast breeder reactor Superphenix at Creys Malville Isere France Death editIn 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 3 4 5 6 He died there on Jan 6 7 See also editList of peace activistsBibliography editBallades aux Dames du temps present Paris 1923 Conquiste du Vento Florence 1927 Fantasia Notturna theatre Florence 1927 Judas recit biblique Grasset 1938 Gallimard 1992 Le Chiffre des Choses poesies Robert Laffont 1942 Le Pelerinage aux Sources Denoel 1943 Gallimard 1989 Le Rocher 1993 Dialogue de l Amitie avec Luc Dietrich Laffont 1942 1993 Choix poesies Le Seuil 1944 La Marche des Rois theatre R Laffont 1944 Principes et preceptes du retour a l evidence Denoel 1945 Le Rocher 1996 sous le titre Eloge de la vie simple La Baronne de Carins bilingue poeme epique traduit du vieux sicilien Le Seuil 1946 La Passion theatre Grasset 1951 Commentaire de l Evangile Denoel 1951 Le Rocher 1994 Histoire d une amitie dans L Injuste Grandeur de Luc Dietrich Denoel 1951 Le Rocher 1993 Vinoba ou le nouveau pelerinage Denoel 1954 Gallimard 1982 Prefaces aux huit ouvrages de la collection Pensee gandhienne Denoel 1985 1965 Les Quatre Fleaux philosophie Denoel 1959 Le Rocher 1993 Pacification en Algerie ou mensonge et violence edition clandestine 1960 L Harmattan 1988 Approches de la Vie Interieure Denoel 1962 Le Rocher 1992 Noe theatre Denoel 1965 La Montee des ames vivantes Denoel 1968 L Homme libre et les anes sauvages Denoel 1969 et 1987 La Trinite spirituelle philosophie Denoel 1971 Le Rocher 1994 Technique de la non violence Denoel 1971 Gallimard 1988 Preface au Message Retrouve de Louis Cattiaux nombreuses traductions en castillan catalan italien anglais allemand portugais Denoel 1956 L Arche avait pour voilure une vigne Denoel 1978 1982 Les etymologies imaginaires Verite vie et vertu des mots Denoel 1985 ISBN 2207230090 David Berger theatre Lion de Judas 1988 Pour eviter la fin du monde Le Rocher 1991 Le Viatique 2 tomes Le Rocher 1991 Les Quatre Pilliers de la paix Le Rocher 1992 Le Grand Retour Le Rocher 1993 ISBN 2268015343 Pages d enseignement Le Rocher 1993 ISBN 2268016072 Books in English editReturn to the Source Schocken New York 1972 Includes an account of Shantidas s stay with Gandhi ISBN 0805234411 Make Straight the Way of the Lord An Anthology of the Philosophical Writings of Lanza del Vasto Knopf New York 1974 ISBN 0394493877 Warriors of Peace Writings on the Technique of Nonviolence Knopf New York 1974 ISBN 0394709330 Principles and Precepts of the Return to the Obvious Shocken New York 1974 ISBN 9780805235364 Originally published in French under the title Principes et preceptes du retour a l evidence Editions Denoel Paris 1945 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 pelerinage Denoel 1954 Essays on Lanza del Vasto editQui est Lanza del Vasto by Jacques Madaule Lanza del Vasto by Arnaud de Mareuil Seghers 1965 Dialogues avec Lanza del Vasto by Rene Doumerc Albin Michel Les Facettes de Cristal interviews with Claude Henri Roquet Editions du Centurion Lanza del Vasto sa vie son œuvre son message by Arnaud de Mareuil Dangles Citations edit a b Anne Marie Henriette Nauts Oedenkoven 1874 Geneall net Retrieved 2022 08 31 Regions Archived 2011 10 31 at the Wayback Machine Community of Ark website Maristany 2002 p 83 Saverio 1980 p 187 Colesanti amp De Nardis 1987 p 273 Galiana 1981 A Fondo 1980 References editColesanti M De Nardis L 1987 L Impegno e l assurdo letteratura francese contemporanea Grandi libri in Italian Lucarini ISBN 978 88 7033 204 9 Retrieved 15 April 2018 Galiana Ismael 1 July 1981 Murio en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto Apostol de la no violencia The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia Apostle of nonviolence PDF ABC in Spanish Madrid p 24 Saverio Santangelo Giovanni 1980 Lanza del Vasto aedo della non violenza Lanza del Vasto Poet of nonviolence Micromegas in Italian 7 Rome Bulzoni Editore 187 190 ISSN 0391 660X Maristany C 2002 Contra la desmemoria Against forgetfulness Ensayo Huerga amp Fierro Editores in Catalan Huerga amp Fierro Editores ISBN 978 84 8374 317 1 Retrieved 15 April 2018 A Fondo analisis de la actualidad nacional e internacional in Spanish Talleres Graficos Alemann S R L 1980 Lanza del Vasto Luego de predicar durante 44 anos a una sociedad que lo admiro 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 convirtio su vida en poesia pura y a los ochenta anos de edad fallecio el 6 de enero en Murcia EspanaExternal links edit nbsp Media related to Lanza del Vasto at Wikimedia Commons nbsp French Wikisource has original text related to this article Auteur Lanza del Vasto nbsp French Wikiquote has quotations related to Lanza del Vasto Official website in French Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lanza del Vasto amp oldid 1208961506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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