− | ''Durante degli Alighieri'', mononymously referred to as '''Dante'''; 1265–1321), was an Italian [[poet]], [[prose]] [[writer]], literary theorist, moral [[philosopher]], and [[political]] [[thinker]]. He is best known for the monumental [[epic]] poem ''La commedia'', later named ''La divina commedia'' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy The Divine Comedy]). His Divine Comedy, originally called ''Commedia'' and later called ''Divina'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio Boccaccio], is considered the greatest literary work [[composed]] in the Italian language and a [[masterpiece]] of world [[literature]]. | + | ''Durante degli Alighieri'', mononymously referred to as '''Dante'''; 1265–1321), was an Italian [[poet]], [[prose]] [[writer]], literary theorist, moral [[philosopher]], and [[political]] [[thinker]]. He is best known for the monumental [[epic]] poem ''La commedia'', later named ''La divina commedia'' ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy The Divine Comedy]). His Divine Comedy, originally called ''Commedia'' and later called ''Divina'' by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio Boccaccio], is considered the greatest literary work [[composed]] in the Italian language and a [[masterpiece]] of world [[literature]]. |
− | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Dante''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Dante '''''this link'''''].</center> | + | <center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Dante''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Dante '''''this link'''''].</center> |
− | In Italy he is known as ''il Sommo Poeta'' ("the Supreme Poet") or just ''il Poeta''. Dante, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch Petrarch], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio Boccaccio] are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language".[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante] | + | In Italy he is known as ''il Sommo Poeta'' ("the Supreme Poet") or just ''il Poeta''. Dante, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch Petrarch], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio Boccaccio] are also known as "the three fountains" or "the three crowns". Dante is also called the "Father of the Italian language".[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante] |