In which century did Dante complete 'The Divine Comedy'?

Dante completed “The Divine Comedy” in the 14th century.

The poem was written by Dante Alighieri, who was born in 1265 and died in 1321. Scholars generally place the completion of Paradiso, the final part, around 1320, shortly before Dante’s death. That date places the finished work firmly in the 1300s, or 14th century.

The Divine Comedy follows Dante’s imaginative journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. The three sections are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, each containing 33 cantos, while Inferno also has an introductory canto, giving the whole poem 100 cantos.

A frequent mistake is to place the poem in the 13th century because Dante began his literary career during that period and was born in the 1200s. However, the poem was composed over years spanning the late 13th and early 14th centuries, and its final section was completed in the 14th century. It was written in Italian rather than Latin, helping establish the literary prestige of the Tuscan vernacular.