Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), commonly known as Dante, was born into a prominent family in Florence. His works in Italian, apart from his masterpiece the Divina Commedia, include the Vita Nuova (finely translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti), the Convivio and Rime, shorter poems. He also wrote in Latin. As Shakespeare ... read more

Born in Bristol in 1914, C. H. Sisson was noted as a poet, novelist, essayist and an important translator. He was a great friend of the critic and writer Donald Davie, with whom he corresponded regularly. Sisson was a student at the University of Bristol where he read English and Philosophy. ... read more