Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321.

Books by Dante Alighieri

  • Inferno

    Dante Alighieri, Clive James

    Paperback, 2021

    Dante's immortal vision of Hell shines "as it never did before in English verse" (Edward Mendelson) in Clive James's new translation of Inferno.
  • The Divine Comedy

    Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi

    Hardback, 1977

    This single volume, blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction, maps of Dante's Italy, Hell, Purgatory, Geocentric Universe, and political panorama of the thirteenth and...
  • Vita Nuova

    Dante Alighieri, Joseph Luzzi

    Hardback, 2025

    Dante's first masterpiece in an enticing new translation by a beloved teacher of Italian literature and culture
  • The Divine Comedy

    Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

    Hardback, 2025

    A masterfully lyrical translation of the complete Commedia that brings Dante’s famous terza rima to contemporary readers
  • Vita Nuova

    Dante Alighieri, Joseph Luzzi

    E Book

    Dante's first masterpiece in an enticing new translation by a beloved teacher of Italian literature and culture
  • The Divine Comedy

    Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

    E Book

    A masterfully lyrical translation of the complete Commedia that brings Dante’s famous terza rima to contemporary readers
  • Inferno

    Dante Alighieri, Michael Palma

    International Student Edition, E Book

    About Michael Palma’s translation