Who was THE FIRST WRITER TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT WORK IN A VERNACULAR (NATIONAL) LANGUAGE?

Question:

Tierra bb

2006-06-01 18:48:58 UTC

HERE ARE A FEW CHOICES... DANTE, SHAKESPEARE, ERASMUS, MILTON??

Five answers:

Sepa

2006-06-02 10:40:54 UTC

Durante degli Alighieri, better known as Dante, (1265 – 1321)

frauholzer

2006-06-02 11:17:24 UTC

Dante is well known for being one of the first writers of a Romance language to write in 'everyday Latin'--that is, early Italian instead of Latin.

Cat Loves Her Sabres

2006-06-02 01:51:26 UTC

Martin Luther

anonymous

2006-06-02 02:25:25 UTC

Gutenberg. The Bible was the first book published in the vernacular thus bringing literature to the masses.

gooberbudi

2006-06-02 02:56:05 UTC

didn't gutenberg invent the printing press? Hey I used to live in Guttenberg, NJ!

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