![Sandow Birk, "Inferno," 2003, oil on canvas.](https://dantesociety.org/sites/default/files/banner/Sandow%20Birk%20-%20cropped.jpg "Sandow Birk, "Inferno," 2003, oil on canvas.")
!["Paradise" (Par. 10) by Giovanni di Paolo, 1444-ca. 1450, illuminated manuscript.](https://dantesociety.org/sites/default/files/banner/Dante_Pd10_BL_Yates_Thompson_36_f147.jpg ""Paradise" (Par. 10) by Giovanni di Paolo, 1444-ca. 1450, illuminated manuscript.")
![Odilon Redon, "Dante et Beatrice" and "La Vision de Dante," ca. 1914, watercolor on paper.](https://dantesociety.org/sites/default/files/banner/Odilon_Redon_Dante_Beatrice_Vision_Combined.jpg "Odilon Redon, "Dante et Beatrice" and "La Vision de Dante," ca. 1914, watercolor on paper.")
![Detail from "Beatrice Addressing Dante" (Purg. 30: 60-146) by William Blake, 1824-27, ink and watercolor on paper.](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beatrice_Addressing_Dante_%28by_William_Blake%29.jpg "Detail from "Beatrice Addressing Dante" (Purg. 30: 60-146) by William Blake, 1824-27, ink and watercolor on paper.")
![Detail from "La Barque de Dante," Eugène Delacroix, 1822, oil on canvas.](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eug%C3%A8ne_Ferdinand_Victor_Delacroix_006.jpg "Detail from "La Barque de Dante," Eugène Delacroix, 1822, oil on canvas.")
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The Durling Prize Fund
The DSA Council and the family of our late and much lamented colleague Robert M. Durling invite members and friends of the Dante Society to assist in the establishment of a new annual prize to be known as the “Robert M. Durling Prize.” This award will recognize excellence in the teaching of Dante’s life, time, and works by educators working in North American secondary schools. Read more about the prize and contribute online.
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