About Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence and is considered Italy's greatest poet. It is believed that The Divine Comedy, a masterpiece of world literature, was written between 1308 and 1320. He died in Ravenna in 1321. Books by Dante Alighieri The Inferno translated by Lorna Goodison by (author) Dante Alighieri
