Learn about Lee, new scholarly prize-winner (5,8)
I believe the answer is:
nobel laureate
'winner' is the definition.
(I know that Nobel Laureate is a type of laureate)
'learn about lee new' is the wordplay.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'learn'+'about'+'lee'='learnaboutlee'
'learnaboutlee' with letters rearranged gives 'NOBEL LAUREATE'.
'scholarly prize' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nobel laureate that I've seen before include "winner of international repute?" , "Highly honoured person" , "International prize-winner" .)