Danilo Dolci
Italian author, sociologist, social activist (1924-1997) · Italy · On the map · Writers · Died at 73
Danilo Dolci was an Italian social activist, sociologist, popular educator and poet. He is best known for his opposition to poverty, social exclusion and the Mafia in Sicily, and is considered to be one of the protagonists of the non-violence movement in Italy. He became known as the "Gandhi of Sicily".
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A typical day, 30 days to 21 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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1997Died30 December 19971989Jamnalal Bajaj AwardAward1979Viareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward1958Lenin Peace PrizeAward1924Born28 June 1924
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Danilo Dolci, antimafia activist
Trappeto, 1952. Dolci in a hunger strike for eight days (October 14 to 21), in the home of Mimmo and Giustina, whose child died of hunger
Arrest of Danilo Dolci in February 1956
Bernardo Mattarella and his son Sergio Mattarella, the future president of Italy, in 1963
Danilo Dolci (left) and Giuseppe Impastato (right), the antimafia activist who was killed in 1978Awards
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Italy
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1924 to 1997 · aged 73
