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Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 in Florence to a family of minor nobility. He entered into Florentine politics in 1295, but he and his party were forced into exile in a hostile political climate in 1301. Taking asylum in Ravenna late in life, Dante completed his Divine Commedia, considered one of the most important works of Western literature, before his death in 1321. Joseph Luzzi is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Literature at Bard College and an award-winning writer, teacher, and scholar of Italian culture. His latest book, Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance was shortlisted for the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize and was selected as a New Yorker Best Book of 2022. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.
Luzzi's approach prioritizes ""idiomatic fluency in English,"" and his translation is eminently readable, employing a vocabulary and syntax familiar to any reader of modern English.--Publishers Weekly Perhaps this lovely little Liveright edition deserves to become the new standard.--Steve Donoghue ""Open Letters Review"" Joseph Luzzi has given Dante's book a new life indeed: his is a Vita Nuova for the XXI century.--Alberto Manguel, author of A History of Reading Luzzi's translation of the Vita Nuova is a marvel. In addition to its semantic accuracy, it conveys the unique tone and lyricism of Dante's testament to Beatrice. She comes alive on the page here more vividly than any other English version since Dante Gabriele Rossetti.--Robert Harrison, Professor of Italian, Stanford University and author of The Body of Beatrice
