Pinnacle of European talent — all starting for this writer (4)
I believe the answer is:
poet
'this writer' is the definition.
(poet is a kind of writer)
'pinnacle of european talent all starting' is the wordplay.
'all starting' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letters of 'pinnacle of european talent' is 'POET'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for poet that I've seen before include "Eg, Keats or Auden" , "Minstrel" , "Burns was one" , "Rhymer" , "'Paul Muldoon or Paula Meehan, say (4)'" .)