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Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari (Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe portiˈnaːri]; 1265 – 8 or 19 June 1290) was an Italian woman who has been commonly identified as the principal inspiration for Dante Alighieri's Vita Nuova, and is also identified with the Beatrice who acts as his guide in the last book of his narrative poem the Divine Comedy (La ...
Dec 14, 2016 · Beatrice was the main inspiration for Dante Alighieri‘s Vita Nuova and is commonly identified with the Beatrice who appears as one of his guides in his masterpiece La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy).
Born around 1265 or 1266; died on June 9, 1290; daughter of Folco Portinari (a Florentine noble); married Simone di Geri de Bardi (or Pardi). Some say Beatrice Portinari was the heroine and inspiration of Dante's La Vita Nuova (The New Life), of his Divine Comedy, and of his life.
Beatrice is usually identified as Beatrice Portinari, the daughter of a noble Florentine family, who married Simone de’ Bardi and died at the age of 24 on June 8, 1290. Dante wrote a chronicle of his relationship with her in La vita nuova (c. 1293; The New Life), a prose work interlaced with lyrics. Dante tells of his meetings with her ...
Dante Alighieri, the esteemed Italian poet of the 14th century, is renowned for his epic work, The Divine Comedy. However, it is his collection of poems dedicated to his beloved Beatrice Portinari that truly captures the essence of his profound love and admiration.
Beatrice Portinari, detta Bice, coniugata de' Bardi (Firenze, 1265/66 – Firenze, 8 giugno 1290), è, secondo alcuni critici letterari, la donna che Dante trasfigura nel personaggio di Beatrice, musa e ispiratrice del poeta. La sua morte causò a Dante una profonda crisi.
Rather than committing an act of self-murder, which would have damned his soul permanently to Hell, Dante - through Beatrice's intervention - is given the rare privilege of descending into the Inferno to see first hand the sufferings that await sinners and then to re-emerge alive on Easter.
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