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Background
Information
Dante delgi Alighieri was
born
on June 1, 1265 in Florence, Italy. His father was Alighier de
Bellincione and his mom was Donna Gabriella delgi Abati. Dante's mother
died when he was 5 or 6 years old. His father remarried with Lapa de
Charissimo Cigulffi.They has one son, Francesco and one sister,
Tana (Gaetana). In 1277, when Dante had 12 years of age, he had a
marriage arranged with Gemma di Manetto Donati and they had a formal
ceremony. Arranged marriages at that time were very common. Together
they had many children: Jacopo, Pietro, Giovanni, Gabrielle, and
Antonia. Dante studied at home, but not very much is known about his
education. Dante studied Tuscan poetry. Dante and his father were both
White
Guelfs. Dante met Beatrice Portinari when he was nine years old and he
fell in love with her at first sight. He barely talked to her, but
after 18 they talked more often. Beatrice would be his reson for living
and poetry. He focused more on Latin literature when Beatrice died in
1290. The theme of love in poetry would be used more than ever because
of Dante.
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Accomplishments
The Divine
Comedy is the
14,000
line poem about theological references and about his love,
Beatrice. Dante also had a collection of poems called Convivio (The
Banquet). Monarchia, which talks about his view of on global
political orginazations, De vulgari
eloquentia, is about the
vernacular literature, and Vita Nuova, is
about his story of Beatrice.
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