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Dante Alighieri

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Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italy’s greatest poet, was born in Florence and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. He first met Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice, in 1274; she inspired his most famous poetry, including the Vita Nuova, which he wrote to console himself when she died in 1290, and The Divine Comedy, which he began seventeen years after her death.
 
Virginia Jewiss (translator/introducer) is a Dante scholar and a translator with a Ph.D. in Italian literature from Yale, where she taught for many years before joining the faculty at Johns Hopkins. Her translations include works by Luigi Pirandello, Roberto Saviano, Melania Mazzucco, Paolo Sorrentino, and Matteo Garrone. Jewiss lives in Rome and Washington, DC.

Dante Alighieri Books

LA DIVINA COMMEDIA book cover

LA DIVINA COMMEDIA

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
Dante's Inferno book cover

Dante's Inferno

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
Dante's Inferno book cover

Dante's Inferno

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
The New Life book cover

The New Life

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Vol. 1 book cover

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Vol. 1

Dante Alighieri
Inferno Vereinfacht book cover

Inferno Vereinfacht

Dante Alighieri
The Inferno book cover

The Inferno

Dante Alighieri
Vita Nuova book cover

Vita Nuova

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
Dante's Divine Trilogy book cover

Dante's Divine Trilogy

Alasdair Gray
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
Purgatorio book cover

Purgatorio

Dante Alighieri
Purgatorio book cover

Purgatorio

Mary Jo Bang
The New Life book cover

The New Life

Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (complete) book cover

The Divine Comedy (complete)

Dante Alighieri
PARADISE book cover

PARADISE

Alasdair Gray
The Divine Comedy book cover

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri
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