Translation in blank verse by Thomas G. Bergin (New Haven, CT, 1905 – Madison, CT, 1987), professor at Cornell and Yale universities, one of the main U.S. experts in Italian Literature, particularly on Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio. Edition published at New York in 1969. Illustrated by Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), American academician, sculptor and drawer.
Translation in blank verse by monsignor Pádraig de Brún (Gráinseach Mhoicléir, Tipperary county, 1889 – Dublin 1960), Irish mathematician, writer and priest. First edition of the Inferno published at Dublin in 1963.
Translation in terza rima by Vasco Graça Moura (Foz do Douro 1942), Portuguese writer and politician. Edition published at Lisbon in 1997 (first edition 1995).
A short excerpt from the monologue "Glottide"
DANTE AND ARMENIA At the time of Dante modern Armenia was dominated by the Saljuq Turks, but there was an Armenian kingdom of Cilicia (also known as Little Armenia) created by Armenian refugees and located on the gulf of Alessandretta (Iskenderun) in modern Turkey. There is, however, no indication that Dante had any notion of Armenia and its people. Knowledge of the works of Dante was introduced into Armenian literature by the Mechitarist monks of the monastery of the same name, founded in 1715 [...]
DANTE AND ARMENIA At the time of Dante modern Armenia was dominated by the Saljuq Turks, but there was an Armenian kingdom of Cilicia (also known as Little Armenia) created by Armenian refugees and located on the gulf of Alessandretta (Iskenderun) in modern Turkey. There is, however, no indication that Dante had any notion of Armenia and its people. Knowledge of the works of Dante was introduced into Armenian literature by the Mechitarist monks of the monastery of the same name, founded in 1715 [...]
Translation in Latin prose by Giovanni de Bertoldi (Serravalle of Romagna, today Republic of San Marino, 1360 – Fano 1445), known as Giovanni da Serravalle, franciscan friar and theologian native of Romagna. He translated the Divine Comedy in Latin, providing a commentary of the entire poem, in 1416. First printed edition – a gigantic volume – published at Prato in 1891.
Translation by Immanuel Olsvanger (Grajewo, Polonia, 1888 – Jerusalem 1961). Edition of Inferno [Ha-Tofet] published in Jerusalem in 1956 (first edition 1943). Illustrated by Sandro Botticelli (Firenze 1445 – 1519).
Translation in terza rima by Albert Verwey (Amsterdam 1865 – Noordwijk 1937), Dutch poet and essayist. First edition published at Haarlem in 1923.
Translation in terza rima of the Inferno by Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate (Den Haag 1919 – Amsterdam 1889), Dutch poet and translator. First edition published at Leiden in 1876. Illustrated by Gustave Doré.
