FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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BORN IN 1265 IN FLORENCE AND DIES IN RAVENNA IN 1321
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BORN IN 1265 IN RAVENNA AND DIES IN FLORENCE IN 1321
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BORN IN 1268 IN FLORENCE AND DIES IN RAVENNA IN 1323
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HE WAS BORN IN 1268 IN FLORENCE AND DIED IN PISA IN 1323
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Detailed explanation-1: -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. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy).
Detailed explanation-2: -The author of La Commedia (The Divine Comedy), considered a masterwork of world literature, Dante Alighieri was born Durante Alighieri in Florence, Italy in 1265 to a notable family of modest means.
Detailed explanation-3: -Exiled from Florence in 1301, he was threatened with death by burning at the stake if he returned (a sentence only voided by Florence’s council in 2008). He died in Ravenna in 1320 and is still buried there.
Detailed explanation-4: -Accused of corruption and financial wrongdoing, Dante was first exiled from Florence for two years in 1302 after he refused to pay a fine. Shortly thereafter he was banned for life and threatened with execution at the stake or beheading if he returned.
Detailed explanation-5: -He lived for periods in Arezzo, Bologna and Verona and his last few years were spent in Ravenna, where he died in September 1321.