"La Vita Nuova" poet (5)
I believe the answer is:
'la vita nuova poet' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for dante that I've seen before include "Net Da a poet" , "Inferno poet" , "Thirteenth to fourteenth century Italian poet" , "Finally stand before" , "Italian poet, 1265-1321" .)