"La vita nuova" writer (5)
I believe the answer is:
dante
'la vita nuova writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dante that I've seen before include "La divina commedia poet" , "Thirteenth to fourteenth century Italian poet" , "Net Da a poet" , "Poet inspired by Beatrice" , "Italian poet, 1265-1321" .)