It’s important to know that words don’t move mountains. Work, exacting work moves mountains.
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| Birth: | 28th June, 1924 |
| Death: | 30th December, 1997 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Activist, Educator, Poet, Sociologist |
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Danilo Dolci was born in Sežana, Kingdom of Italy. He was an Italian social activist, sociologist, educator and poet. He is best known for his opposition to poverty, social exclusion and the Mafia on 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". In 1958 he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize, despite being an explicit non-Communist.
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