Bonagiunta Orbicciani

Bonagiunta Orbicciani, also called Bonaggiunta and Urbicciani (c. 1220 in Lucca – 1290), was an Italian poet of the Tuscan School, which drew on the work of the Sicilian School.^[1] Fewer than forty of his poems survive.^[2]

He appears as a character in Canto 24 of Dante's Purgatorio, where he comments on the dolce stil novo ("sweet new style") of his successors.^[1]

Little is known of his life other than that he was as a judge and notary.

Bonagiunta appears among the gluttons in Canto 24 of Purgatorio, the second canticle of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Bonagiunta is first pointed out by Forese Donati, who names numerous poets for Dante because their faces are unrecognizable due to their contrapasso: fasting. Bonagiunta appears to recognize Dante, and Dante hears him mumbling what sounds like the word "Gentucca" repeatedly. After Dante encourages Bonagiunta to speak with him, Bonagiunta asks if he is the poet who wrote "Ladies that have intelligence of love," a poem from Dante's Vita Nuova. After Dante confirms his identity, Bonagiunta remarks that he finally understands what separated his poetry and the poetries of Giacomo da Lentini and Guittone d'Arezzo from Dante's dolce stil novo ("sweet new style"). Once he has finished praising Dante, he is silent.^[4]

Bonagiunta's presence within Purgatorio addresses the differences between Dante's poetic style and the style of his

Bibliography

• Hainsworth, Peter (2002). "Bonagiunta da Lucca". The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 23 February 2025.

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