Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher and political thinker commonly known by his pen name Dante Alighieri or simply as Dante. His epic poem Divina Commedia ("Divine Comedy" in English) is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language. Real name: Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri Pen name: Dante Alighieri (or Alighiero), Dante