Dante Alighieri (–1321)
Author of The Inferno
About the Author
Born Dante Alighieri in the spring of 1265 in Florence, Italy, he was known familiarly as Dante. His family was noble, but not wealthy, and Dante received the education accorded to gentlemen, studying poetry, philosophy, and theology. His first major work was Il Vita Nuova, The New Life. This brief show more collection of 31 poems, held together by a narrative sequence, celebrates the virtue and honor of Beatrice, Dante's ideal of beauty and purity. Beatrice was modeled after Bice di Folco Portinari, a beautiful woman Dante had met when he was nine years old and had worshipped from afar in spite of his own arranged marriage to Gemma Donati. Il Vita Nuova has a secure place in literary history: its vernacular language and mix of poetry with prose were new; and it serves as an introduction to Dante's masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, in which Beatrice figures prominently. The Divine Comedy is Dante's vision of the afterlife, broken into a trilogy of the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante is given a guided tour of hell and purgatory by Virgil, the pagan Roman poet whom Dante greatly admired and imitated, and of heaven by Beatrice. The Inferno shows the souls who have been condemned to eternal torment, and included here are not only mythical and historical evil-doers, but Dante's enemies. The Purgatory reveals how souls who are not irreversibly sinful learn to be good through a spiritual purification. And The Paradise depicts further development of the just as they approach God. The Divine Comedy has been influential from Dante's day into modern times. The poem has endured not just because of its beauty and significance, but also because of its richness and piety as well as its occasionally humorous and vulgar treatment of the afterlife. In addition to his writing, Dante was active in politics. In 1302, after two years as a priore, or governor of Florence, he was exiled because of his support for the white guelfi, a moderate political party of which he was a member. After extensive travels, he stayed in Ravenna in 1319, completing The Divine Comedy there, until his death in 1321. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Since there are other authors called Dante, the works of Dante Alighieri on that author page are now aliased here, instead of the pages being combined.
Image credit: Painting by Sandro Botticelli (c. 1495)
Series
Works by Dante Alighieri
Die Göttliche Komödie. Auswahl. Unter Verwendung der Übersetzung von Hermann Gmelin herausgegeben von Heinrich… (1986) 27 copies
PURGATORY: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray (2019) 22 copies
The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with… (2021) 18 copies
Tutto Dante. Inferno canto ventiseiesimo. volume 11 — Author — 15 copies
Enciclopedia Dantesca 12 copies
Commedia und Einladungsband: I.Commedia. In deutscher Prosa von Kurt Flasch II.Einladung, Dante zu lesen (2011) 10 copies
Obras completas : contendo o texto original italiano e a tradução em prosa portuguêsa : volume V 9 copies
Dante's Divine Comedy Illustrated 7 copies
La Divina Comedia. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra del autor, y marco historico. (Spanish Edition) (2013) 7 copies
Rejna 7-t4: Le vite di Dante dal 14. al 16. secolo: iconografia dantesca (2017) — Autore in riferimento — 5 copies
Opere di dubbia attribuzione. Tomo 2: Opere già attribuite a Dante e altri documenti danteschi (2021) — Author — 4 copies
La letteratura italiana. Storia e testi. Volume 5 - Tomo I - Parte I Vita nuova - Rime - Il fiore - Detto d'amore — Author — 4 copies
A Divina Comédia - vol 2/2 4 copies
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The Divine Comedy II:Purgatory (The Comedy Of Dante Alighieri The Florentine Cantica II: Purgatory) 4 copies
LA DIVINA COMMEDIA. Illustrata da Gustavo Doré e dichiarata con note tratte dai migliori commenti per cura di… (1927) 4 copies
A Mentor classic 4 copies
La Divina Commedia: Inferno Part I 4 copies
The Inferno: 2 4 copies
La Vita Nuova e il Convivio 4 copies
Box A divina comédia 3 copies
Divine Comedy (Illustrated Purgatory Complete) — Author — 3 copies
Nuova edizione commentata delle opere di Dante. Con Bibliografia citata in forma abbreviata (anticipazione provvisoria… (2023) 3 copies
Dante: The divine comedy 3 copies
A Divina Comédia, Tomo II 3 copies
Concordanza della Commedia di Dante Alighieri: testo critico del poema, rimario e indice analitico — Author — 3 copies
Opere 1 — Author — 3 copies
The Odes of Dante 3 copies
La Divina Commedia: Paradiso Part I 3 copies
A Divina Comédia - vol 1/2 3 copies
Dante's Paradiso (The Divine Comedy, Volume lII, Paradise) [Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an… (2017) 2 copies
Divina Comedia. Una adaptación para todas las edades (Colección el Bosque Viejo) (Spanish Edition) (2009) 2 copies
Detto d' amore 2 copies
La Divina Comèdia (vol. I) 2 copies
La Divina Comèdia (vol. II) 2 copies
Dantes goddelijke komedie: de hel 2 copies
The purgatory. (Purgatoria I. XXVII) 2 copies
Dantis Alagherii opervm latinorvm concordantiae : cvrante Societate Dantea qvae est Cantabrigiae in Nova Anglia — Author — 2 copies
Le terze rime 2 copies
Tympans Romans : Nord de la France 2 copies
Convivio 2 copies
Readings On the Inferno of Dante: Based Upon the Commentary of Benvenuto Da Imola and Other Authorities; Volume 2 (2018) 2 copies
La letteratura italiana. Storia e Testi. Volume 5 - Tomo I - Parte II Convivio — Author — 2 copies
Vita Nuova [New Life]: Edizione inglese con testo italiano a fronte [English Edition with Italian Text Opposite] (2022) 2 copies
Divine Comedy Illustrated By Grosz 2 copies
Dante's Purgatorio (The Divine Comedy, Volume II, Purgatory) [Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an… (2017) 2 copies
Canzoniere (Fraticelli), 2 vols. 2 copies
La Divina Commedia: testi, strumenti, percorsi: antologia della Divina Commedia con schede critiche, strumenti… (1999) 2 copies
La Vita Nuova Casini 2 copies
La Vita Nuova Fraticelli 2 copies
Opere di Dante. 8.3: De situ et forma aque et terre — Author — 2 copies
La Vita Nuova (Witte) 2 copies
The Inferno, Dent, London, 1900 2 copies
Inferno (Penguin Classics) 2 copies
Commedia (Bianchi) 2 copies
I quattro poeti Italiani 2 copies
Commedia - Lubin 2 copies
Opere Minore, Fraticelli 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Gro - Lum, 10 2 copies
Divina Commedia Ricaldone, 3 copies 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Des - Fec 8 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Fed - Gri 9 2 copies
La divina comedia y La vida nueva 2 copies
Divina Commedia Scartazzinini 2 copies
Divina Commedia (Fraticelli) 2 copies
The Programmed Classics 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Lun - N 11 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: O - Pis 12 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Pit - Rip 13 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Ris - Sol 14 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Som - Tr 15 2 copies
Enciclopedia dantesca: Tu - Z 16 2 copies
Tutti le Opere Dr. E. Moore 2 copies
Lírica 2 copies
Dante Alighieri Monarquia 2 copies
Rime della maturità e dell'esilio 2 copies
Opere minori. Tomo II 2 copies
DIVINA COMEDIA - TOMO II 2 copies
The Divine Comedy, III. Paradiso, Vol. III. Part 1: 1: Italian Text and Translation; 2: Commentary (Bollingen Series… (2021) 2 copies
Manuale Dantesco : per le scuole 2 copies
Divina comèdia VI 1 copy
Jest tylko Beatrycze 1 copy
ΘΕΙΑ ΚΩΜΩΔΙΑ 1 copy
Inferno. Volume I 1 copy
Oeuvres de Dante Alighieri 1 copy
La Divine Comédie: L'Enfer 1 copy
A reference grammar of medieval Italian according to Dante, with a dual language edition of the Vita Nova (1997) 1 copy
Obras completas vol.1 1 copy
Dante Alighieri, Divina Commedia: Codex Altonensis [facsimile] und Kommentar zum Codex Altonensis 1 copy
LA DIVINA COMMEDIA PARADISO 1 copy
Pagine scelte dalle opere 1 copy
Dante og Beatrice 1 copy
La commedia Introduzione 1 copy
LA DIVINA COMMEDIA INFERNO 1 copy
La Divina Commedia-Le parole della Divina Commedia. Dizionario attivo. Per le Scuole superiori (2008) 1 copy
Dante Autograph 1 copy
Vita Nuova 1 copy
Dante tutte le opere 1 copy
The Inferno of Dante 1 copy
Commedia di Dante Allighieri 1 copy
Göttliche Komödie 1 copy
Zaljubljeno more 1 copy
La divina comedia I 1 copy
Poesía 1 copy
Divina Comedia/ Vida Nueva 1 copy
Božanstvena Komedija 1 copy
PARAJSA 1 copy
FERRI 1 copy
KOMEDIA HYJNORE 1 copy
Göttliche Komödie 1 copy
Vita Nuova 1 copy
The Divine Comedy I: Hell 1 copy
Convívio 1 copy
Dante - Ed. Verbo 1 copy
Manoscritto n. 3 1 copy
Dante - The Divine Comedy 1 copy
Poetas de Dante 1 copy
La Divina Comèdia, vol. 3 1 copy
La Divina Comèdia, vol. 2 1 copy
La Divina Comèdia, vol. 1 1 copy
DANTES GUDOMLIGA KOMEDI 3 1 copy
Dante Alighieri. Le Purgatoire . Texte italien. Trad. nouv. et notes de L. Espinasse-Mongenet 1 copy
INFERNUL VOL2 1 copy
İlahi Komedya(Cehennem) 1 copy
A divina comédia: vol. 1 1 copy
Commedia Partadiso 1 copy
INFERNUL VOL1 1 copy
Božanstvena komedija 1 copy
Divina Comedie vol1 1 copy
Divina Comedie vol2 1 copy
Divine Comedy 1 copy
OBRA COMPLETA 1 copy
La divina comedia 1 copy
La Divine comédie, Tome 2 1 copy
Dante, how to Know Him 1 copy
La Divina Commedia: nuovamente illustrata da artisti italiani a cura di Vittorio Alinari, Vol. III 1 copy
Paradiso I-XVII. Edizione critica alla luce del più antico codice di sicura fiorentinità (2018) 1 copy
Dante's Poems 1 copy
Edizione integrale in fac-simile dei manoscritti 1005 della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze e AG 12. 2 della… (2007) 1 copy
Dante, le rime in breve 1 copy
Rime. 1: I documenti 1 copy
Paradiso XVIII-XXXIII. Edizione critica alla luce del più antico codice di sicura fiorentinità (2019) 1 copy
La Divina Comedia 1 1 copy
Paulo and Francesca 1 copy
Il poema sacro cui pose mano e cielo e terra. La Divina Commedia. Ediz. integrale. Con espansione online (2010) 1 copy
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. By: Dante Alighieri and Charles Eliot Norton ( Divine Comedy, originally called… (2016) 1 copy
Den guddommelige komedie 1 copy
The divine comedy of Dante Alighieri. A verse translation with introductions and commentary by Allen Mandelbaum.… (1980) 1 copy
La Divina Comedia 2 1 copy
La divina comedia I-II 1 copy
La Divina Comèdia (vol. III) 1 copy
Antologia dantesca 1 copy
A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse: With Historical Notes, and the Life of Dante. to… (2010) 1 copy
Divina comèdia Vol. II 1 copy
Canzone Inedita Di Dante Alighieri in Lode Della Vergine Madre (Classic Reprint) (Italian Edition) (2017) 1 copy
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Volume I (Vol. 1) (1867) 1 copy
This Book Announces the Publication in Four Folio Volumes of the Comedy of Dante Alighieri of Florence (1929) 1 copy
Dante per voce sola 1 copy
Dante - I poeti italiani /1 1 copy
nel mezzo del cammin.... 1 copy
Classici Italiani Commentati 1 copy
12 sonnetti 1 copy
Seleção de textos 1 copy
Gnomologia Dantesca, Ovvero Detti Memorabili di Dante: Raccolti Dalla Divina Commedia, e Illustrati Ad Uso di Citazioni… (2017) 1 copy
Dante Alighieri: Selected Works (Golden Deer Classics): The Divine Comedy, The Epistle to Can Grande (2017) 1 copy
La vita nuova e rime scelte 1 copy
Opera omnia 2 1 copy
La Divina Commedia Angelica 1 copy
Opera omnia 1 1 copy
Komedia Hyjnore 1 copy
1: Introduzione 1 copy
The Divine Comedy With Side-By-Side Modern English Translation (Classics Retold Side-By-Side Book 2) 1 copy
HLa Ivita nova e Il convito 1 copy
La Commedia. Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso: Testi scelti. Italienischer Text mit deutschen Worterklärungen. Niveau… (2021) 1 copy
DANTE A DIVINA COMÉDIA 1 copy
Le opere di Dante Alighieri : edizione nazionale. Volume 7: La Commedia : secondo l'antica vulgata 1 copy
Obras completas : contendo o texto original italiano e a tradução em prosa portuguêsa : volume II 1 copy
Opere Scelte 1 copy
La divina comèdia. Paradís 1 copy
La divina comèdia. Infern 1 copy
La divina comèdia. Purgatori 1 copy
La Divina Commedia. Nuova edizione integrale aggiornata al nuovo esame di Stato. Con e-book. Con espansione online (2020) 1 copy
Vita Nuova (FS 2015) 1 copy
Inferno Vol. 1 - miniature 1 copy
Dantes Gœttliche komœdie in bildern von Gustav Doré — Contributor — 1 copy
La Cumégia 1 copy
A divida comédia I 1 copy
Quaestio de aqua et de terra 1 copy
La Divina Comedia 1 copy
DANTE-CHAUCER 1 copy
Dante's Göttliche Komödie in Deutschen Stanzen Frei Bearbeitet (Classic Reprint) (German Edition) (2017) 1 copy
Pekel 1 copy
Il Canzoniere 1 copy
1: Enfer. Purgatoire 1 copy
O Inferno de Dante: "A Divina Comédia" (Série "A Divina Comédia") (Portuguese Edition) (2021) 1 copy
A Translation of Dante's Eleven Letters: With Explanatory Notes and a Biographical, Historical, and Critical Comment to… (2010) 1 copy
Božská komédia. Očistec 1 copy
A Divina Comédia - ed. Leia 1 copy
A divina com©♭dia 1 copy
A Divina Comédia - O Inferno 1 copy
Összes művei 1 copy
Opere minori vol. 2 Rime 1 copy
Il Paradiso 1 copy
Id-Divina Commedia 1 copy
الكوميديا الإلهية - الفردوس 1 copy
Divina Comedia II. Paraíso 1 copy
Associated Works
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons (2012) — Contributor — 276 copies
The Best of the World's Classics: Volume VIII Continental Europe II (1909) — Contributor, some editions — 26 copies
Grolier Classics: Les Miserables, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, French Revolution, Divine Comedy (1955) 15 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Sunlight on the River: Poems About Paintings, Paintings About Poems (2015) — Contributor — 10 copies
The Early Italian poets from Ciullo d'Alcamo to Dante Alighieri (1100-1200-1300) : in the original metres, together… (1904) — Contributor — 8 copies
Dante per immagini: dalle miniature trecentesche ai giorni nostri (2018) — Autore in relazione — 4 copies
American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free Volume 5 Number 17 (1955) — Contributor — 3 copies
American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy-Free (Volume 1, Number 1) (1951) — Contributor — 3 copies
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- Canonical name
- Alighieri, Dante
- Legal name
- Alighieri, Durante degli
- Other names
- Dante
- Birthdate
- n. 1265-05
- Date of death
- 1321-09-14
- Burial location
- Piazza San Francesco, Ravenna, Italia
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Florence
- Country (for map)
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Florence, Italy
- Place of death
- Ravenna, Italy
- Places of residence
- Verona, Italy
- Occupations
- poet
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- Short biography
- Dante Alighieri, (May 14/June 13, 1265 – September 13/14[1], 1321), was a Florentine Italian poet. Like many in the Florence of his day, he became involved in the conflict between the Guelph and Ghibelline factions. He fought in the Battle of Campaldino (1289) and held several political offices over the years. His central work, the Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy, originally called "Comedìa"), is composed of three parts: the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante was exiled from the city he loved, and addressed the pain of his loss in his work.
- Disambiguation notice
- Since there are other authors called Dante, the works of Dante Alighieri on that author page are now aliased here, instead of the pages being combined.
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Reviews
Simplesmente sensacional. Toda profundidade de detlahes no banquete servido por Dante, faz com que viajamos na filosifa medieval italiana.
I can only hope that in a few hundred years my own self-insert fanfic about the people I don’t like getting tortured becomes a cultural touchstone.
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That being said -- this was a chore to read. I had an audible version and a print version, neither read the same. It likely helped to "follow along" as I listened, deciphering the print from the audible. Yet still so tough.
I understand the deep religious tone in the book, I still find it uncomfortable. This idea of hell is disturbing and so ... mainstream religious. On the other hand, what an amazing and ornate and detailed description of Hell. Quite impressive.
I also wish I knew more about the many, many people mentioned in the poem. So many times I just skimmed over who they were and sometimes what they did to get to Hell. I wanted to get it.
If I understand the times and atmosphere of the life of Dante, this was a brave work. I admire that. I do not admire, however, where he put Muslims or Jews and those who were born prior to Christ. Doesn't sit well with me.… (more)