Dante Alighieri
<p ><b>Durante degli Alighieri</b>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononymous_person" title="Mononymous person" >simply</a> called <b>Dante</b> (<small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" title="British English" >UK</a></small> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >d</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >æ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >n</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >t</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >i</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>, <small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" title="American English" >US</a></small> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ˈ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >d</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >ɑː</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >n</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >t</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Help:IPA for English" >eɪ</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_English" title="Help:IPA for English" >/</a>; <small>Italian: </small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Italian" title="Help:IPA for Italian" >[ˈdante]</a>; c. 1265–1321), was a major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italians" title="Italians" >Italian</a> poet of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages" >Middle Ages</a>. His <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy" title="Divine Comedy" >Divine Comedy</a></i>, originally called <i>Comedìa</i> and later called <i>Divina</i> by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio" title="Boccaccio" class="mw-redirect" >Boccaccio</a>, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language" >Italian language</a> and a masterpiece of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_literature" title="World literature" >world literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri#cite_note-1" >[1]</a></sup>
In Italy he is called <i>il Sommo Poeta</i> ("the Supreme Poet") and <i>il Poeta.</i> He, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch" title="Petrarch" >Petrarch</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boccaccio" title="Boccaccio" class="mw-redirect" >Boccaccio</a> are also called "the three fountains" and "the three crowns". Dante is also called "the Father of the Italian language".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri#cite_note-2" >[2]</a></sup>
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