Philip Pullella, “Dante gets posthumous nose job – 700 years on” (2007)
“Gruppioni told Reuters in a telephone interview that the multi-disciplinary project discovered that Dante probably did have a hooked nose but it was pudgy rather than pointy and crooked rather than straight, almost as if he had been punched.” [. . .] —Reuters (January 11, 2007)
Contributed by Kate Moon (Bowdoin, ’09)
Sighting Citation:
“Philip Pullella, “Dante gets posthumous nose job – 700 years on” (2007).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. January 12, 2007. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/philip-pullella-dante-gets-posthumous-nose-job-700-years-on-2007/.
Posted January 12, 2007
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