Possible Clues:

• Boccaccio added "Divina" to the title of his masterpiece
• Court welcoming north Italian poet
• Italian writer of ''Inferno''
• Terza rima pioneer
• “The Divine Comedy” poet
• Italian poet’s output ultimately digested by Scandinavian
• Poet who traveled in circles
• "All hope abandon ye . . ." writer
• Five hundred bet on a poet
• Died before becoming a poet