Durante degli Alighieri (Italian: (duˈrante deʎʎ aliˈɡjɛːri)), commonly known by his short name Dante Alighieri or simply as Dante (Italian: (ˈdante); English: / ˈdɑːnteɪ /, UK also / ˈdænti, - teɪ /; c. 1265 -- 1321), was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered the most important poem of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
what was the most celebrated literary work of the middle ages
Divine Comedy