Showing posts with label Dante. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dante. Show all posts
Thursday, October 09, 2025

My favorite photo of Florence?

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I took this photo one morning over the summer as I walked the streets of "my city." Firenze. Florence. The City of Dante. Also: T...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

How Italy Ruined My Life (sort of -- for The Millions)

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The way Italian plunges me into an intoxication of sound and thought is something I've wanted to write about for a long time. The way t...
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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

For Dantedi & always

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🌿📕 #LeparolediDante #CruscaScuola (terza lezione) Giovanna Frosini, accademica della Crusca Parlare di Dante agli studenti: l'esempi...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

The Nostalgia Package Tour (Jeanne In Firenze)

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You can retrace the steps of Dante when you visit Florence, visiting his parish church, for example, where he spied Beatrice for the first t...
Sunday, April 19, 2015

A riveder le stelle -- Florence, here I come!

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I’m about to write the most incredible sentence I can imagine. (OK, it’s the second most incredible sentence. The first was, “I’m having a...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Dan Brown's "Inferno"

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I couldn't resist! Yes, I'm reading Dan Brown's "Inferno," and quite frankly already imagining the movie! (Tom Hanks ...
Thursday, May 02, 2013

Al dente? No, no al Dante

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LOVE this New Yorker cartoon!
Monday, April 15, 2013

Dante @ Emory University

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I saw this sign in a laboratory at Emory University in Atlanta (not a great photo but a great line from the Divina Commedia : "Lasciat...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

A little Dante in my kitchen

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I have the entire text of Dante's Divine Comedy . On the wall in my kitchen. Every word! Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso . From: ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

NYT: Benigni Takes on Dante's Comedy

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Funnyman Takes on Dante’s ‘Comedy’ By BEN SISARIO Published: May 23, 2009 Roberto Benigni is about to begin a short North American tour of ...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

See Benigni in New York! (And Boston and Chicago)

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You may remember that I gushed over a program called TuttoDante in which comedian Roberto Benigni recited Dante's Divine Comedy from ...
Friday, February 27, 2009

Dante Moment of The Day...Ce la facciamo!

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When last we visited our friend Dante , he was describing the poor souls who die "under the wrath of God," as Ciaran Carson wrote...
Monday, January 12, 2009

Dante Moment of the Day...Makes a Comeback

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Buongiorno appassionati di Dante ! Eccoci! We will finally finish the chapter in which we met Charon , the white-haired ferryman, who attem...
Friday, September 26, 2008

Today's Dante Moment of the Day

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We continue our journey with Charon , the white-haired ferryman, who has attempted to block Dante's way through the Underworld. Virgil ...
Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Dante Moment of the Day returns!

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È giunto il momento di riprendere i nostri studi Danteschi . The last time we studied Dante together was March 4 (Yes, my cousin Tim's ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Just a little Dante in the morning

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E io: "Maestro, che è tanto greve a lor che lamentar li fa sì forte?." Rispuose: "Dicerolti molto breve. Questi non hanno spe...
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Monday, February 04, 2008

Your Dante Moment of the Day

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I won't lie: today's excerpt from Dante is a tricky one. But it contains some of the most wonderful Dantesque expressions (" l...
Friday, December 14, 2007

I saw him again!

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I saw Roberto Benigni on television again last night. Just as our faithful reader, Lucy, said, they are broadcasting episodes of his tour T...
Sunday, December 09, 2007

"Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"

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DANTE MOMENT OF THE DAY IS BACK! The last time we enjoyed verses from Dante was July 26 . Soon afterwards, I went to Puglia and when I cam...
Friday, December 07, 2007

Ho visto Benigni!

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Era una trasmissione dal tour TuttoDante . Ha letto l'ultimo canto del Paradiso in Piazza Santa Croce a Firenze , due passi dall'ap...
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