

His father, an Italian immigrant, died in an automobile accident in 1919, and he was raised by his Italian mother (who was illiterate) and his three older sisters. Hardcover (Italian) (October 27th, 2022): $26. Ciardi was born at home in Boston s North End in 1916. between various disciplines, his interpretation of Dantes Inferno is explored in depth for the first time in this groundbreaking book.The first part of Dantes Divine Comedy is many things: a moving. HewasaFellowofthe AmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesandtheNational InstituteofArtsandLetters. Condition: Used - Near Fine Jacket Condition: Near Fine Published: 1996 Binding: Hardcover.

JohnCiardi(1916-86),adistinguishedpoetandprofessor, taughtatHarvardandRutgersuniversitiesandservedaspo- etryeditoroftheSaturdayReview. by Alighieri, Dante Ciardi, John (translator). “Fresh and sharp…I think version of Dante will be in many respects the best we have seen.”-John Crowe Ransom Product Details The Inferno By Dante Alighieri, John Ciardi, Archibald T. TheInferno,ThePurgatorio,andTheParadisowaswrit- tenbetween 1308and1320. A text with the clarity and sobriety of a first-rate prose translation which at the same time suggests in powerful and unmistakable ways the run and rhythm of the great original…A spectacular achievement.”-Archibald MacLeish

Ciardi’s great merit to be one of the first American translators to have…reproduced successfully in English.
