Modern Beatrices Archive Explore the Archive Choose a collection to begin — or let curiosity lead you from one to another
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I Biografie Biographies Lives · Vite 227 women writers from Italy, Britain, Ireland, and the United States who engaged with Dante — their lives, careers, and literary worlds recovered from the archive. Enter the Biographies ↗ II Opere Works Texts · Testi Translations, commentaries, poems, novels, and essays — the textual output of women writers in direct dialogue with Dante's Commedia and Vita Nuova. Browse the Works ↗ III Mostra Exhibit Ravenna · 2021 A curated exhibition presented in Ravenna — Dante's city of exile — bringing the archive's research into the public spaces of the 700th anniversary commemorations. Visit the Exhibit ↗ IV Eventi · Stampa Events & Press News · Notizie Lectures, conferences, and media coverage — the archive in conversation with the wider world of Dante scholarship, digital humanities, and women's literary history. See Events & Press ↗
The Modern Beatrices Archive recovers the lives and works of 227 women writers who engaged with Dante across four nations and two centuries — a history hiding in plain sight.