Eulogio Díaz del Corral
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Eulogio Diaz del Corral (Zarza la Mayor
Zarza la Mayor
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, Extremadura
Extremadura
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, 1950) is a Spanish
Spanish people
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 painter
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, poet
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 and educator.

Life

He joined the movement of education for non-violence and peace in 1971 and founded the first group of Friends of the School Day of Non-violence and Peace
School Day of Non-violence and Peace
The School Day of Non-violence and Peace , is an observance founded by the Spanish poet Llorenç Vidal Vidal in Majorca in 1964. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi, in schools all over the world...

(DENIP). He has participated in national and international meetings and conferences on this subject (Forum for Peace and World Congress on Disarmament Education, at UNESCO
UNESCO
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 headquarters, in Paris; first European Forum for Education and Culture for Peace in Brussels, Meetings of the UNESCO Associated Schools Network in Madrid, Granada and Crevillente, etc.) and has published numerous articles and poems scattered throughout various journals and literary and pedagogical publications.

Deputy Coordinator of the School Day of Non-violence and Peace
School Day of Non-violence and Peace
The School Day of Non-violence and Peace , is an observance founded by the Spanish poet Llorenç Vidal Vidal in Majorca in 1964. It is observed on January 30 or thereabouts every year, on the anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi, in schools all over the world...

(DENIP) and a personal friend of Lanza del Vasto
Lanza del Vasto
Lanza del Vasto, , was a philosopher, poet, artist, catholic and nonviolent activist.He was born in San Vito dei Normanni, Italy and died in Elche de la Sierra, Spain....

, has resided eleven years in Mallorca
Mallorca
Majorca or Mallorca is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea, one of the Balearic Islands.The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Cabrera Archipelago is administratively grouped with Majorca...

. He currently lives in Andalusia
Andalusia
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, dedicated to painting, poetry and teaching.

Has been called Famous Animaliste by the group Los Animales tienen la Palabra and the Cercle Universel des Ambassadeurs de la Paix, Geneva (Switzerland), has appointed him Ambassador of Peace.

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Ref. / Sources:

Eulogio Díaz del Corral: Pintura, Poesía, Pensamiento

Eulogio Díaz del Corral: Éste soy yo

"La pintura contemporánea en Mallorca. Del Impresionismo a nuestros días" de Gaspar Sabater. Tomo II, Ediciones Cort, Palma de Mallorca, 1982.

Written works

Educación para la Convivencia (together with Llorenç Vidal Vidal
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...

).1978,

Historia del pensamiento pacifista y no-violento contemporáneo, 1985,

Ideario no-violento (together with Llorenç Vidal Vidal
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...

), 1987,

Artículos,

His texts Por qué soy pacifista, Por qué soy vegetariano y Pensamientos sobre la compasión condense and summarize aspects that the author considers essential to its conception of life.

Plastic works

His drawings pacifists – as "poet of the painting" was defined by the Croatian painter Kristian Krekovic
Kristian Krekovic
Kristian Kreković was a Bosnian Croat painter of portraits and ethnographic art. Later in life he became known for his fascination with Incan art, and spent a number of years living in Peru. From 1960 he resided in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, where he died in 1985...

 – published in the literary magazine Ponent (Majorca) and annual appeals towards DENIP have been around the world and have been reproduced repeatedly in publications from different countries and very positively valued internationally. His painting Krishna of Peace has been reproduced in the book by Gaspar Sabater and many of his oil paintings have graced the covers of various issues of the cultural magazine Tántalo (Cádiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....

).

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