Dante Alighieri Biography

Dante Alighieri (first name: Durante) was born in Florence in May or June of 1265. His father was a notary, established in the ranks of low-aristocracy. Dante's first studies were in rhetoric, grammar, philosophy and theology. He was a disciple of Brunetto Latini, who strongly influenced Dante's cultural growth. In his youth, he was a Stilnovo poet and had many friends among the other members of the Stilnovo Poetical School (especially Guido Cavalcanti).

• Inferno (Hell)
• Purgatorio (Purgatory)
• Paradiso (Paradise)