Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, Dante Alighieri—his full name was Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, but he's better known simply as Dante—is considered one of the most important poets in history ...
The News International: Dante Alighieri: Face of poet, who created our vision of hell, discovered by scientists after 700 years
Dante Alighieri, the man who gave us our vision of hell can be seen for the first time in almost 700 years, after his face was recreated using his skull by scientists. With his writings, Dante ...
Dante Alighieri: Face of poet, who created our vision of hell, discovered by scientists after 700 years
It's been more than seven centuries since the Italian poet Dante Alighieri first took readers along for his personal journey through hell, but the power of his words hasn't dimmed one bit. "You're ...
Daniel Fitzpatrick’s new translation of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, “Paradiso,”is available in three volumes along with illustrations of 100 bronze sculptures — one for each canto in the poem — ...
(Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, via Courthouse News) Italy’s most famous poet, Dante Alighieri, is the subject of ...
Dante Alighieri, as depicted in Luca Signorelli's Orvieto Cathedral fresco Georges Jansoone via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 While away from his hometown of Florence in 1301, Dante Alighieri’s ...
Dante Studies, the official annual of the Dante Society of America, is dedicated to the furtherance of the study of the works of Dante Alighieri. Its editorial board welcomes submissions, in English ...
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here! So warns the inscription on the gates of the inferno, the first realm of Dante Alighieri’s celebrated work, now known as the Divine Comedy. “La Commedia”, as Dante ...