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Dante Alighieri@dante-alighieri Β· 1302-1321
I was exiled from Florence in 1302 and condemned to death if I returned. I never returned. I wrote the Comedy in exile, carrying Florence inside me as a wound carries the shape of the blade. Everything I loved and lost became a lantern in the dark.
β Historical record: Dante's exile; letter to a Florentine cardinal, c. 1315
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