Dante Alighieri
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born
July 13, 1265
died
September 14, 1321
gender
male
place of birth
Florence, Italy
genre
Poetry
influences
Love and Politics
about this author
Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante (May 14/June 13 1265 – September 13/14, 1321), is one of the greatest poets in the Italian language; with the comic story-teller Boccaccio and the poet Petrarch, he forms the classic trio of Italian authors. Dante Alighieri was born in the city-state Florence in 1265. He first saw the woman, or rather the child, who was to become the poetic love of his life when he was almost nine years old and she was some months younger. In fact, Beatrice married another man, Simone di' Bardi, and died when Dante was 25, so their relationship existed almost entirely in Dante's imagination, but she nonetheless plays an extremely important role in his poetry. Dante attributed all the heavenly virtues to her soul and imagin...more
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Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Anthony Esolen avg rating 3.92 — 6,123 ratings — published 1308 176 editions |
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso (Everyman's Library, #183) by Dante Alighieri, Allen Mendelbaum, Peter Armour , Sandro Botticelli , Eugenio Montale avg rating 4.03 — 5,062 ratings — published 1321 202 editions |
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Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri avg rating 3.80 — 769 ratings — published 1308 75 editions |
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Paradiso by Dante Alighieri avg rating 3.73 — 660 ratings — published 1308 60 editions |
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Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri, Mark Musa (translator) avg rating 3.88 — 287 ratings — published 1899 43 editions |
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كمدی الهی در 3 جلد دوزخ - برزخ - بهشت by Dante Alighieri, شجاءالدین شفا avg rating 3.88 — 240 ratings — published 1970 2 editions |
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The Portable Dante: Revised Edition by Dante Alighieri, Mark Musa avg rating 4.07 — 74 ratings — published 1472 3 editions |
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De Monarchia by Dante Alighieri avg rating 3.89 — 19 ratings — published 1957 11 editions |
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دوزخ - کمدی الهی دانته by Dante Alighieri avg rating 3.92 — 13 ratings — published 2007 |
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کمدی الهی جلد 2- برزخ by Dante Alighieri, شجاع الدین شفا avg rating 3.80 — 10 ratings — published 2008 |
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"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality."
— Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
— Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
"Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende
prese costui de la bella persona
che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.
Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona,
Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,
Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..."
"Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart,
Seized him with my beautiful form
That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me.
Love, which pardons no beloved from loving,
took me so strongly with delight in him
That, as you see, it still abandons me not..."
— Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
prese costui de la bella persona
che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.
Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona,
Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,
Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona..."
"Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart,
Seized him with my beautiful form
That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me.
Love, which pardons no beloved from loving,
took me so strongly with delight in him
That, as you see, it still abandons me not..."
— Dante Alighieri (Inferno)
"In that book which is my memory,
On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you,
Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’."
— Dante Alighieri (Vita Nuova)
On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you,
Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’."
— Dante Alighieri (Vita Nuova)
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