ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

DANTE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dante was born in
A
Siena
B
Arezzo
C
Firenze
D
Fiesole
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He was born in Florence in 1265 under the sign of Gemini (between May 21 and June 20) and remained devoted to his native city all his life. Dante describes how he fought as a cavalryman against the Ghibellines, a banished Florentine party supporting the imperial cause.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dante was born in Florence in 1265. The Alighieri family came from a branch of the house of Elisei, founded by the wife of Cacciaguida, a warrior who died in the Second Crusade. Dante’s parents (Alighiero di Bellincione Alighieri and Bella di Abati) were minor nobility, so he grew up among the aristocracy.

Detailed explanation-3: -There’s nowhere better to explore all things Dante than Florence, where he was born in 1265, lived (until his exile in 1302), and which features prominently in his much-loved masterpiece, the Divine Comedy.

Detailed explanation-4: -He lived for periods in Arezzo, Bologna and Verona and his last few years were spent in Ravenna, where he died in September 1321.

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