Dante (c.1265-1321)

Death: 13/14th September 1321
Cause of death: Malaria
Location: Tomba di Dante, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Italian poet and one of the most important writers of European literature. His best known work is The Divine Comedy, a narrative poem of 14233 lines. It tells the poet's journey through the realm of the afterlife: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.