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In my Italian class at
The Ohio State University,
I remember reading about
a wedding that didn’t take
place.
One of the greatest
writers of all time, Dane
Alighieri, born of a
Florentine middle class
family and recognized as
the father of the modern
Italian language, was my
assignment. My studies
embraced a chapter in
Dante’s personal life.
During a walk at a
May festival when he was
nine-years-old, he first saw
Beatrice, also age nine. It
was love at first sight, not
a word was spoken, but it
was an afternoon he would
never forget. Nine years
later, he saw Beatrice again.
She was walking with two lady friends and nodded to him graciously. She was not aware of
his personal feelings. Beatrice and Dante never met again. Years later, Beatrice married and
soon after died of the plague. In Dante’s grief, he always remembered the elegant lady.
Eventually, Dante married Gemma Donati who bore him two sons and two daughters.
Through poetry, Dante was able to unify the Italian language, and in his noteworthy Tuscan
mode, “Vita Nuova” (New Life), he composed 31 poems in which he described his mystical
love for Beatrice.
Dante’s greatest work, 10 years in the making, was “Divina Commedia” (Divine
Comedy), his imaginary journey through Hell and Purgatory and, in Paradise, Beatrice
leads the excursion.
While I may not have earned an “A” in my Italian classes, I will never forget this story.
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