Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 to a noble but
impoverished family. His life was divided by political duties and
poetry, the most famous of which - The Divine Comedy and La Vita
Nuova - was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he
called Beatrice. He died in Ravenna in 1321.
Before retiring Barbara Reynolds was Lecturer in Italian at
Cambridge University. She holds 3 honorary doctorates & has
translated Ariosto's Orlando Furioso for Penguin Classics.
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