Dante Alighieri
Name of Author: Dante Alighieri (probably baptized by the name Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri)
Born: May 21 – June 20, 1265
Died: September 14, 1321 (around the age of 56)
Period: Late middle ages
Spouse (s): Gemma Donati
Works: Il Fiore and Detto d’Amore, La Vita Nuova (“The New Life”), De vulgari eloquentia (“On the Eloquence in the Vernacular”), Convivio (“The Banquet”), De Monarchia, Divine Comedy, Eclogues, Quaestio de aqua et terra (“A Question of the Water and of the Land”) and Le Rime.
LEARN MORE ABOUT DANTE ALIGHIERI:
• Divine Comeday is his famous work
• Dante was born in Florence, Republic of Florence, in what is now Italy.
• The exact date of his birth is still unknown, although it is generally believed to be around 1265.
• He fathered three children with his wife— Gemma.
• Most of his sonnets was inspired with his “love at first sight” woman named Beatrice Portinari. He met her at the age of 9.
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