Durante degli Alighieri (May/June c.1265 – September 14, 1321), commonly known as Dante, was an Italian poet of the Middle Ages. His central work, the Divina Commedia (originally called Commedia and later called Divina ("divine") by Boccaccio), known in English as The Divine Comedy, is often considered one of the greatest literary works composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature.

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