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    Dante Alighieri

    Birth: 5-21

    Death: 9-14

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Biography

Dante was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, August 17, 1859

Letter from William Henry Seward to William Henry Seward, Jr., August 1, 1871

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Dante was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).
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