Possible Clues:

• One toys with new diet at Lent
• Amateur is talented, it may appear
• Amateur Italian poet accepting unusual title
• No expert
• One character has no hesitation getting into poet — not a serious student
• Unserious amateur
• Amateur poet secures title unexpectedly
• Amateur detective permitted to meet aunt in Paris
• Amateur poet touring India with native of Latvia
• Dabbler -- translated title accepted by Italian author