Dante Alighieri is the writer of the Divine Comedy, an epic poem written in the 14th century. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of all time and his work has had a lasting influence on Western literature. DANTE was born in Florence, Italy and wrote the Divine Comedy in three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The poem follows DANTE's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven, and is considered to be one of the most important works of Italian literature.