This article covers 1555 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
- Joachim du Bellay, Les Regrets, France
- Jean Antoine de Baïf, '
- Louise Labé, ' ("Complete Works"), including her prose "", three elegies and 24 sonnets (one in Italian), as well as 24 poems in her honor by others; published by the noted Lyon printer, Jean de Tournes; the first edition ran through two printings; reprinted again in 1556, with spelling corrections; her sonnets have been often republished and translated
- Jacques Peletier du Mans, ' ("The Art of Poetry"), French criticism
- Pierre de Ronsard:
- ', addresses and panegyrics
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- Pontus de Tyard, '
- Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye, '
- John Heywood, ' (see also ' 1550; ' 1560, Works 1562
- Mirror for Magistrates, anthology of poems about great historical figures of England, first edition; published by John Weyland, who was apparently denied a license to publish by the Lord Chancellor Stephen Gardiner, effectively suppressing the work and putting Weyland out of business (the book was revived and published in 1559, third edition 1563, fourth edition 1574, another edition 1610)
- Henry Lovel, eighth Baron Morley, ', publication year uncertain; translated from the Italian of Petrarch's Trionfi
Other
- Girolamo Fracastoro, also known as "Fracastorius", Collected Works, including poems and Naugerius, criticism
Births
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Deaths
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See also
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