Llorenç Vidal Vidal


Llorenzo Vidal Vidal, Majorcan poet, educator and pacifist, founded in 1964 the School Day of Non-violence and Peace a pioneering, non-state, non-governmental, non-official, independent, free and voluntary initiative of Non-violent and Pacifying Education, which is now practised in schools all over the world and in which centres of education, teachers and students of all levels and from all countries are invited to take part. In 2010, the Cercle Universel des Ambassadeurs de la Paix, Geneva, has appointed him Ambassador of Peace.

Life

Born in Santanyi, Majorca, in 1936, teacher from the Ecole Normale de Palma, graduate and PhD from the University of Barcelona, and education inspector at Cadiz, Ceuta and the Balearic Islands. Founder of the School Day of Non-violence and Peace,is working to promote a culture and an independent, free and voluntary education for non-violence and peace from 1964.

Works: Poetry (catalan-majorcan and Spanish)

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