Dante Alighieri

n. (1265-1321) Italian poet, author of the "Divine Comedy"

Dante Alighieri, or simply Dante, (May 14/June 13 1265 –  September 13/14, 1321) was an Italian poet from Florence. His central work, the Commedia (The Divine Comedy), is considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature. In Italian he is known as "the Supreme Poet" (il Sommo Poeta).
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Noun
1. an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
(synonym) Dante
(hypernym) poet

n. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the "Divine Comedy"