This article covers 1520 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
- Anonymous, publication year conjectural, Alexander the Great
- Anonymous, ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"), London: Wynkyn de Worde; (1521 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication)
- John Constable, Epigrammata
- Robert Copland, , London: Wynkyn de Worde
- Anonymous, publication year conjectural, The Squire of Low Degree, also known as , written about 1500
- Anonymous, , a translation of Terence, Paris
- Christopher Goodwyn, , London: Wynkyn de Worde
- William Hendred, publication year conjectural, The Pilgrimage of Mankind
- John Lydgate, publication year conjectural, Testament
- William Walter (poet), The Spectacle of Louers, London: Wynkyn de Worde
Other
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Hernando de Acuña born about this year (died 1580), Spanish
- Giovanni Bona de Boliris (died 1572), Humanist, poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian
- Thomas Churchyard, birth year uncertain (died 1604), English author and poet
- Natalis Comes (died 1582), Italian mythographer, poet and historian
- Pernette Du Guillet (died 1545), French
- William Lauder, year uncertain (died 1573), Scottish cleric, playwright, and poet
- Madeleine Des Roches born about this year (died 1587), French author and poet who published works jointly with her daughter, Catherine Des Roches; the two also hosted a literary salon which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe
- Alexander Scott (died 1582/1583), Scottish
- Georg Thym born about this year (died 1560), German teacher, poet and writer
Deaths
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See also
Notes