Person    | Male  Born /5/1265  Died 14/9/1321

Dante Alighieri

Categories: Philosophy, Poetry

Countries: Italy

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. Unusually for the time he wrote in Italian rather than Latin. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Born Florence. Died Ravenna.

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