Commemorating the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, Toronto Salutes Dante features more than thirty Canada-based guests who read Dante’s Inferno in various languages, several for the first time. In addition to ten different Italian dialects, there are represented American Sign Language, Anishinaabemowin, Arabic, Bulgarian, English, Farsi, French, German, Latin, Mandarin, Portuguese, Québécois, Russian, Sanskrit, Slovak, Spanish, Stoney Nakoda, Swedish, Thai, and Ukrainian. In 15-minute clips, well-known personalities of Canadian public and cultural life, professors, and students at the University of Toronto, and members of the Italo-Canadian community share their voices and fresh memories of the most important Italian author in world literature. Listen to Dante’s Inferno as you have never heard it before on the Department of Italian Studies’ YouTube channel from March 25th to June 2021.
From an original idea of Elisa Brilli, George Ferzoco, and Nicholas Terpstra, and thanks to the invaluable work of Alice Martignoni and Nattapol Ruangsri (Research Assistants). Sponsored by the Department of Italian Studies, the Emilio Goggio Chair in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto, the Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Toronto, and Villa Charities.
Video: Inferno 1 (Anishinaabemowin & English)
Text: 
Inferno I in Italian, English, and Anishinaabemowin - lines 1-30 (PDF)
Video: Inferno 2 (Latin)
Text: Inferno II in Italian, English, and Latin (PDF)
Video: Inferno 3 (Abruzzese)
Text: Inferno III in Italian, English, and Abruzzese (PDF)
Video: Inferno 4 (Swedish)
Text: Inferno IV in Italian, English, and Swedish (PDF)
Video: Inferno 5 (Portuguese)
Text: Inferno V in Italian, English, and Portuguese (PDF)
Video: Inferno 6 (Chinese)
Text: Inferno VI in Chinese (PDF)
Video: Inferno 7 (Italian)
Text: Inferno VII in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 8 (Ukrainian)
Text: Inferno VIII in Ukrainian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 9 (Triestino)
Text: Inferno IV in Triestino (PDF)
Video: Inferno 10 (Italian)
Text: Inferno X in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 11 (Italian)
Text: Inferno XI in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 12 (Italian)
Text: Inferno XII in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 13 (Genovese)
Text: Inferno XIII in Genovese (PDF)
Video: Inferno 14 (Russian)
Text: Inferno XIV in Russian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 15 (Calabrese)
Text: Inferno XV in Calabrese (PDF)
Video: Inferno 16 (German)
Text: Inferno XVI in German (PDF)
Video: Inferno 17 (Siciliano)
Text: Inferno XVII in Siciliano (PDF)
Video: Inferno 18 (Slovak)
Text: Inferno XVIII in Slovak (PDF)
Video: Inferno 19 (Thai)
Text: Inferno XIX in Thai (PDF)
Video: Inferno 20 (French)
Text: Inferno XX in French (PDF)
Video: Inferno 21 (Veneziano)
Text: Inferno XXI in Veneziano (PDF)
Video: Inferno 22 (Arabic)
Text: Inferno XXII in Arabic (PDF)
Video: Inferno 23 (Italian)
Text: Inferno XXIII in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 24 (Spanish)
Text: Inferno XXIV in Spanish (PDF)
Video: Inferno 25 (Italian)
Text: Inferno XXV in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 26 (Italian)
Text: Inferno XXVI in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 27 (Bulgarian)
Text: Inferno XXVII in Bulgarian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 28 (Persian - Farsi)
Text: Inferno XXVIII in Persian (Farsi) (PDF)
Video: Inferno 29 (German)
Text: Inferno XXIX in German (PDF)
Video: Inferno 30 (French)
Text: Inferno XXX in French (PDF)
Video: Inferno 31 (Italian)
Text: Inferno XXXI in Italian (PDF)
Video: Inferno 32 (English)
Text: Inferno XXXII in English (PDF)
Video: Inferno 33 (Sanskrit)
Text: Inferno XXXIII in Sanskrit (PDF)