Dante was born in a declining aristocratic family in Florence, Italy. He was born in 1265. The date of birth is not clear. According to his own poem, "born under Gemini" should be at the end of May or early June. At the age of five, her biological mother died, her father was her second wife, and her stepmother gave birth to two younger brothers and a younger sister.
Dante wrote many works in his life, the most valuable of which is undoubtedly the Divine Comedy. Through the dialogue between the author and various famous figures in hell, purgatory and heaven, this work reflects the achievements and some major problems in the field of medieval culture, and has the nature of "encyclopedia", from which we can also glimpse the dawn of humanistic thought in the Renaissance. In this epic with more than 14,000 lines, Dante resolutely opposed obscurantism in the Middle Ages, expressed his persistent pursuit of truth, and had a far-reaching impact on the poetry creation of later generations in Europe.
Besides The Divine Comedy, Dante also wrote A New Life, discussing proverbs, feasts and poems. There are thirty-one lyric poems in New Life, which mainly express the affection for Li Qi. Simple, beautiful and moving, it has reached the highest achievement of "gentle new style" poetry.
Love poem "New Life"
Philosophical poetry banquet
Lyrics "Poems"
The long poem divine comedy
Latin article "On common sayings"
Political paper "On the Kingdom"
Latin poem "Pastoral"
Dante's letters