A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

DANTE

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"