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EncyclopediaDante AlighieriDante Alighieri (dăn'tē, Ital. dän'tā älēgye'rē) [key], 1265–1321, Italian poet, b. Florence. Dante was the author of the Divine Comedy, one of the greatest of literary classics. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Dante Alighieri from Infoplease:
- Dante Alighieri - Biography of Dante Alighieri, The author of The Divine Comedy
- Dante Alighieri: Bibliography - Bibliography There are numerous translations of the Divine Comedy, including those by M. B. ...
- Dante Alighieri: Life - Life Born into a Guelph family (see Guelphs and Ghibellines) of decayed nobility, Dante moved in ...
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- Divine Comedy - Divine Comedy: Divine Comedy: see Dante Alighieri.
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