Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Author • Translator • Editor1265 – 1321 · From Italy- Books
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Dante was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. The name Dante is, according to the words of Jacopo Alighieri, a hypocorism for Durante. In contemporary documents it is followed by the patronymic Alagherii or de Alagheriis; it was Boccaccio who popularized the form Alighieri.
Painter of this picture of Dante is Sandro Botticelli, See the new edition of the comedy published by Ateliê Editorial of São Paulo, Brazil, trabslation in verso terza rima complete by João Trentino Ziller
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Dante Alighieri is primarily celebrated for his epic poem, The Divine Comedy, which is considered a foundational work of world literature and a masterpiece of the late Middle Ages.
The Divine Comedy is structured as a trilogy, and the intended reading order is Inferno, followed by Purgatorio, and concluding with Paradiso.
Dante's work is distinctive for its innovative use of the vernacular Tuscan dialect, which helped establish it as the literary language of Italy, and for its complex allegorical structure exploring themes of sin, redemption, and divine justice.