A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DANTE

Fri, 20 Jun '25
Writer with a monument in Florence's Piazza Santa Croce
Tue, 10 Jun '25
Florentine poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy"
Sun, 1 Sep '24
Writer whose work is hell to get through?
Wed, 24 Jan '24
Italian poet who wrote "Nature is the art of God"
Sun, 15 Oct '23
Author of "De vulgari eloquentia"
Fri, 25 Feb '22
Exile of 1302
Sun, 24 Oct '21
One hell of a writer?
Fri, 6 Aug '21
So-called "Father of the Italian Language"