Alighieri, Dante

Here are details of Dante's life in this biography.

In Dante in Love, Harriet Rubin follows Dante's path through Italy.

Read about Hell (Inferno), by Dante Alighieri.

Read about Purgatory (Purgatorio), from Dante Alighieri.

Read about Paradise (Paradiso), from Dante Alighieri.

(1265-1321) Italian writer. Dante Alighieri is perhaps most famous for "The Divine Comedy," (which consists of "Inferno," "Purgatorio," and "Paradiso"). Read more about the life and works of Dante Alighieri.

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Dante Alighieri, known simply as "Dante," is often considered the finest poet of the Middle Ages and is best known for his epic La divina commedia ("The Divine Comedy"). He was also a philosopher and political thinker. He wrote most of his poetry in the Italian vernacular instead of Latin, a choice that would influence the entire course of western literary development.

Join the discussion about "The Divine Comedy."

Here's a gallery of illustrations for Dante Alighieri's Inferno, from Gustav Dore, William Blake, Sandro Botticelli, and other artists.

In The Unseen World and Other Essays, John Fiske writes about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's translation of Dante.

Here's Part 2 of John Fiske's discussion of Longfellow's translation of Dante.

Elbert Hubbard discusses Dante. What do we know about the life and love of Dante?