who was dante what is he most famous for writing
Dante Alighieri Durante degli Alighieri (Italian: [duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri]), commonly known as Dante Alighieri or simply Dante (Italian: [ˈdante], UK: /ˈdænti/, US: /ˈdɑːnteɪ/; c. 1265 – 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.[1][2]