“New Life” by Dante Alighieri is the youthful work of the great poet, which created his fame as a poet-prophet. Falling in love with Beatrice for him is an event of cosmic proportions and sacred history. Without this hymn of love, it is impossible to imagine the subsequent literary tradition: it was the young Dante who substantiated love, and not simple imitation of nature, as the main stimulus of poetic creativity. Accurate psychological observations, power over one’s own lyrical feelings, biblical and ancient contexts of feeling - all this allows one to consider “New Life” both as a workshop for the future “Divine Comedy” and as an example of a deeply personal experience of culture. In this edition, “New Life” is presented in translation by M. I. Liverovskaya, an outstanding writer of the Silver Age. Introductory article by RSUH professor Alexander Markov.