1440s in poetry

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Events

• 1442 – Enea Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, arrives at the court of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, in Vienna, who names him imperial poet.
• 1445 – Printing press developed in Europe

Works published

1445:

• Cancionero de Baena, the first collection of Castilian lyrics, Spain

1449:

• Amoryus and Cleopes, poem by John Metham, English adaptation of the Pyramus and Thisbe narrative from Ovid‘s Metamorphoses

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1440:

• Lorenzo de' Medici, born January 1 (died 1492), Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan language
• Martial d'Auvergne (died 1500), French
• Hans Folz born sometime from 1435 to this year (died 1513), German
• Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", born about this year (died 1492), Scottish makar (poet)
• Kabir (died 1518), mystic poet and saint of India
• Lorenzo Lippi (of Cole) (died 1485), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Jorge Manrique (died 1479), Spanish poet
• Paolo Marsi (died 1484), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (died 1530), Indian poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
• Ludovico Pontico born about this year (died 1520), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Giorgio Sisgoreo born about this year (died c. 1510), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Francesco Uberti (humanist) (died 1518), Italian, Latin-language poet

1441:

• Mir Ali Shir Nava'i (died 1501), Persian or Turkish poet and scholar

1442:

• Amerigo Corsini (died 1501), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Pietro Antonio Piatti born about this year (died after 1508), Italian, Latin-language poet

1443:

• Matteo Canale (died 1503), Italian, Latin-language poet

1444:

• Pandolfo Collenuccio (died 1504), Italian, Latin-language poet

1445:

• Cantalicio (died 1515), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Bartolomeo Fonzio born about this year (died 1513), Italian, Latin-language poet

1446:

• Domizio Calderini (died 1478), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Ippolita Maria Sforza (died 1484), Italian noblewoman and writer
• Robert Wydow (died 1505), English poet, church musician, and religious figure

1447:

• Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo" (died 1516), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet

1448:

• Johannes von Soest (died 1506), German composer, theorist and poet

1449:

• Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco born about this year (died 1499), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Antonio Geraldini born about this year (died 1489), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Aldo Manuzio (died 1515), Italian, Latin-language poet

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

1440:

• Cuacuauhtzin (born 1410), Aztec lord and poet in the Pre-Columbian nahua world
• Nund Reshi (born 1377), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet

1442:

• Nguyễn Trãi (born 1388), Vietnamese Confucian scholar, poet, politician and tactician

1443:

• Tomas af Strangnas, Swedish

1444:

• Andreu Febrer died about this year (born c. 1375), Catalan Spanish translator of the Divine Comedy

1448:

• Vidyapati, also known as Vidyapati Thakur and called Maithil Kavi Kokil "the poet cuckoo of Maithili", died about this year (born c. 1352), Indian, Maithili-language poet and Sanskrit writer

See also

• Poetry
• 15th century in poetry
• 15th century in literature

Notes