This work is one of the publications published in the USSR in connection with the 700th anniversary of the great Italian poet. It compiles research on two important issues in modern dentistry: the question of Dante's work and its place in the complex process of transition from Middle Age to Renaissance literature, and the question of Dante's impact on world literature and art. The works included in the book were reported at a scientific session held by the Institute of World Literature. A.M. Gorky May 11, 1965