1521 in poetry

This article covers 1521 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

:Her lothly lere [unwanted complexion]

Is nothing clear,

But ugly of cheer,

Droopy and drowsy,

Scurvy and lousy;

Her face all bowsy [bloated by drink]

Comely crinkled,

Wondersly wrinkled,

Like a roast pig's ear,

Bristled with hear. [hair]

-- Lines 12-21, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng" by John Skelton. The poem is thought to have been first published this year.

Works published

• Anonymous, ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"), London: Wynkyn de Worde 1520 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication)
• Anonymous, Christmas Carols, including "" and ""
• Alexander Barclay, The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog" (see also Eclogues 1530, Fifth Eclogue 1518)
• Henry Bradshaw, The Life of St. Werburgh
• Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses interspersed in the text
• Robert Copland, English:
• Introductory poem to The Passyon of Our Lorde, London: Wynkyn de Worde
• Introductory verse to The Myrrour & the Chyrche, London: Wynkyn de Worde
• Marko Marulić, Judita ("Judith"), Croatian poem, a landmark in Croatian literature, printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto on August 13, and published three times during the author's life (written in 1501)
• John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng", publication year uncertain (reprinted in Skelton's Certain Books 1545)

Births

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

• Anne Askew born about this year, also spelled "Anne Ayscough" (died 1546), English poet and Protestant martyr who was persecuted as a heretic; the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake
• Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder (died 1565), English
• Jorge de Montemayor, year uncertain (died 1561), Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish
• Pontus de Tyard born about this year (died 1605), French, poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade"
• Song Tŏkpong (died 1578), Korean poet
• Xu Wei (died 1593), Chinese painter, poet and dramatist

Deaths

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

• May 10 – Sebastian Brant (born c.1457), German

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature

Notes