ext_35466 ([identity profile] explodingcat.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] realexplodingcat 2006-05-17 11:34 pm (UTC)

I hear good things about Pinksy's Inferno. Probably a toss up over which is better, Pinksy or Palma. But I haven't read Pinksy. Between the two, I'll read whoever translates Purgatorio first.

Other ones I have read include Allen Mandelbaum and John Ciardi. Mandelbaum is blank verse and apparently a very accurate translation, but somewhat laborious to read. Ciardi reads easier and isn't bad, but its a half assed rhyme scheme.

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