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Dante Alighieri

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Poet

The Resume

    (1265-1321)
    Wrote 'The Divine Comedy,' consisting of 'Inferno,' 'Purgatorio' and 'Paradiso'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was infatuated with a woman named Beatrice, though he married someone else.
    He was exiled from his native Florence for refusing to pay a fine.
    'The Divine Comedy' isn't even a comedy.
    All Dante's political enemies became characters in the 'Inferno.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He risked his career and life when he stood up to the Pope.
    His guide in 'The Divine Comedy' is the Roman poet Virgil.
    His writing draws on both Christian and Greco-Roman philosophy.
    'The Divine Comedy' is the greatest literary work of the Middle Ages.

Credit: The Truffle


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 98 Votes: 45.92% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 86 Votes: 65.12% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 42 Votes: 40.48% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 47.19% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 217 Votes: 44.70% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 274 Votes: 42.34% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 384 Votes: 42.97% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 519 Votes: 42.77% Annoying