Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Lanza del Vasto, Joseph Jean, 1901-1981
Other form(s) of name
- Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto
- Giuseppe Giovanni Luigi Enrico Lanza di Trabia
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1901-1981
History
Joseph Jean Lanza del Vasto was a Christian disciple of Gandhi who founded the Ark communities (Communautés de l'Arche) in France in the 1940's. They were committed to peace, non-violence and living a self-sustaining lifestyle that was not damaging to the environment or exploitative of other people.