description: The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly nuanced and moving allegory of human redemption. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence in 1265 and belonged to a noble but impoverished family. His life was divided by political duties and poetry, the most of famous of which was inspired by his meeting with Bice Portinari, whom he called Beatrice,including La Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy. He died in Ravenna in 1321.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Divina comedia
titlecomplete: Divina comedia
characters: Dido of Carthage, Saul (biblical king), Beatrice (Dante), Trajan (emperor), Gaius Cassius Longinus, Attila the Hun, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Francesca da Rimini, Cleopatra, Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro), Judas Iscariot, Cerberus, Dante Alighieri, Roland, Charon (mythology), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Achilles, Mary (mother of Jesus), Brutus, Marcus Junius, Odysseus, Lucifer
genres: Classics, Italian Literature, Fantasy, Philosophy, Religion, Italy, Fiction, Classic Literature, Literature, Poetry
ratings_count: 146844
series: La Divina Commedia
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name: Deutsch-Italienischer Übersetzerpreis, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prêmio Jabuti
category: Tradução, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Premi Crítica Serra d'Or de Traducció
publisher: Círculo de lectores, S.A.