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Would Dante host a creative writing workshop?

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Dr Cristian Ispir
Jan 19, 2026
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Portrait of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian writer. Engraving by  Gustave Doré from 1860.
Dante by Gustave Doré, 1860

Whatever his claims, or the modern scholars’ views as to his claims to authentic vision, Dante remains the most creative of the most creative writers the written word has ever known. A kind of exuberance of creative spirit that has on occasion prompted experts, such as Barbara Reynolds and Giulio Leoni, to speculate that Dante…

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