FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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the father of the Italian language
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the first Italian writer
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the father of Italian literature
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the most important Italian writer
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Detailed explanation-1: -This year is being referred to as the Anno Dantesco. Dante is known as the “Father of the Italian Language” because he chose to write his verses in the language spoken by ordinary people, opting for the Tuscan dialect, at a time when poetry was generally written in Latin.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also known as “The Three Crowns, ” the writers whose phenomenal popularity ensured that their own Tuscan dialect of Italian would emerge as its standard were Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Francesco Petrarca, known in English as ‘Petrarch’ (1304-1374), and Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375).
Detailed explanation-3: -Dante, in full Dante Alighieri, (born c. May 21–June 20, 1265, Florence [Italy]-died September 13/14, 1321, Ravenna), Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dante is often credited with helping create the Italian language as he used the Tuscan vernacular of his time, rather than Latin, to write the Divine Comedy. As a result of Dante, Florentine Tuscan became the lingua franca of Italy and helped to establish Florence as the creative hub of the Renaissance.