Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Works published
- Juan Boscan and Garcilaso de la Vega, ', published posthumously, Spain
- John Hardyng, Chronicle, contains a version of the quest for the Holy Grail; a minor source for Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur of 1485; published posthumously, England
- Clément Marot, Théodore de Bèze and Pierre Certon ', an edition of the Geneva Psalter; Marot moved to Geneva, Switzerland this year and was commissioned by John Calvin to create rhymed versions of all the Psalms; Marot being unable to complete the work (he died in the fall of 1544), the effort was continued by Bèze; Switzerland, French-language
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- October – Sir Edward Dyer (died 1607), English courtier and poet
- October 23 – Juan de la Cueva (died c. 1610), Spanish poet and playwright
- Also:
- Louis Bellaud (died 1588), French
- Sherefxan Bidlisi (died 1599), Iranian Kurdish historian, writer and poet
- Juan de la Cueva (died 1612), Spanish dramatist and poet
- Thomas Deloney (died 1600), English novelist and balladist
- Simon Goulart (died 1628) Swiss, French-language clergyman, writer and poet
- Sebastian Grabowiecki born about this year (died 1607), Polish
- Bartosz Paprocki (died 1614), Polish and Czech writer, historiographer, translator, and poet
- Siôn Phylip (died 1620), Welsh language poet
- GosvÃÂmë TulsëdÃÂs, also spelled "Tulasë DÃÂsa" or "Tulsidas"; another source gives his birth year as 1532 (died 1623), Indian Hindu religious poet
- Antonio Veneziano (died 1593), Italian poet who wrote in the Sicilian language
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Notes