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 =Dante Aligheri =

Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri is most commonly known for his book " La Divina Commedia" (The Divine Comedy) which records his travel through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. 2 Dante wrote another famous book of poems. The poems were inspired by a girl he met at the age of nine. The girl's name was Beatrice. Although they did not marry Dante had great love for Beatrice and in the middle of his book "La Vita Nuova" (The New Life) Beatrice was pronounced dead. Dante fell into a deep depression and postponed writing the poems. Eventually, things got better for Dante and eventually finished the book. In Dante's most famous book ("The Divine Comedy") he travels through hell or "Inferno". Many things have come out of this part of the book, video games, movies, and strangely enough an amusement park ride.  ||  To learn more about Dante, click here To learn more about Christine de Pisan, another writer in the Renaissance, click here To learn about the most famous writer of the Renaissance, click here
 * Dante is also commonly known for his poetry. He was influenced by Aristole, Cicero, Virgil and many others. [[image:portrait_de_dantejpg.jpg width="224" height="260" caption="A portrait of Dante"]] ||
 * He was born in early June 1265 and died at age 56 in September 1321. Dante was considered by many people the greatest poet of the Italian Renaissance although lived and died before it began. He is also considered the father of the Italian language. Dante also influenced another great poet Petrach.
 * He was born in early June 1265 and died at age 56 in September 1321. Dante was considered by many people the greatest poet of the Italian Renaissance although lived and died before it began. He is also considered the father of the Italian language. Dante also influenced another great poet Petrach.

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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">__Bibliography__ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante Renaissance vol. 3 published by Grolier The Italian Renaissance by Paul Robert Walker