Italian poet who wrote the Divine Comedy (5)

I believe the answer is:

dante

(Other definitions for dante that I've seen before include "Great Italian poet of 'The Divine Comedy'" , "Inferno poet" , "Italian poet, writer of the Divine Comedy" , "Finally stand before" , "Poet inspired by Beatrice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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