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“All hope abandon ye who enter here.” That’s the inscription on the gate to Hell in one of the first English translations of The Divine Comedy, by Henry Francis Cary, in 1814. You probably know it as the less tongue-twisting “Abandon hope all ye who enter here,” which is the epigraph for Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, hangs as a warning above...

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The Italian Cultural Foundation at Casa Belvedere - 79 Howard Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301 - presents "The Divine Comedy" a presentation by Prof. Louis Leonini on the influential work of literature by Dante Alighieri. Tuesday, November 14, 2017 @ 7:00 PM Come to Professor Leonini's lecture on Dante Alighieri and learn who this man was, what his...

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It appears that modern Italy was unified by literature long before it existed as a single nation on the map. Although up to a century and a half ago the Italian peninsula was still divided into many different territories, each developing its own local dialect, for centuries Italians – wherever they were from – had also taken common pride and joy in...

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The battle of Campaldino between some twenty thousand men – Ghibellines mostly from Arezzo and Guelphs from Florence – was fought right in front of the Conti Guidi Castle, also known as Poppi Castle, in the province of Arezzo.   On the Florentine side, a twenty-four-year-old Dante Alighieri served with his hometown's "feditori", an aristocra...

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Light installation and poetry reading June, 24 2013 - Chicago, Field Museum Light Installation by Marco Nereo RotelliReadings from the Divine Comedy translated by Robert PinskyPoetry Reading curated by Arica HiltonMusic and Choral settings curated by Alessandra ViscontiSoprano Karolina DvorakovaSound-track by Adrian Leverkuhn e Thomas Master...

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On Tuesday, February 10th, the Italian Cultural Institute in L.A. commemorated the 750th anniversary of Dante Alighieri's birth. However, this is just the first "course" of a varied and rich menu, offered by the IIC, celebrating the Italian language from next October on.   The special screenings were introduced by Prof. Massimo Ciavolella, w...

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Edited by Teodolinda Barolini - Translated by Richard Lansing. The editor in conversation with Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU). The first comprehensive English translation and commentary on Dante's early verse to be published in almost fifty years, Dante's Lyric Poetry includes all the poems written by the young Dante Aligheri between c....

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Nell'Anniversario dalla nascita di Dante Alighieri, l'Istituto Italiano di Cultura di New York organizza la mostra Bronzino: Allegorical Portrait of Dante, offrendo così la possibilità alla Grande Mela di scoprire il sommo poeta e la tradizione artistica e culturale della Firenze del '500.   "Quando sono stato nominato direttore dell'Istitut...

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In the aftermath of a heartbreaking tragedy, a scholar and writer uses Dante's Divine Comedy to shepherd him through the dark wood of grief and mourning—a rich and emotionally resonant memoir of suffering, hope, love, and the power of literature to inspire and heal the most devastating loss.   Where do we turn when we lose everything? Joseph...

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The Dante Alighieri Society presents some wonders of the Italian landscape through the screening of "Maratona Infernale" by director Lamberto Lambertini, an uncommon cinematographic interpretation of the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri which combines the power of Dante's lines with evocative images describing the complexity of ItalyMay 9, 2013Bo...

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