Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- Torquato Tasso enters the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este at Ferrara.
Works published
- Rémy Belleau, Bergerie, mix of prose and verse, including Avril; revised and expanded 1572; France
- Pierre de Ronsard:
- Abrégé de l'art poétique français, a handbook intended for beginners in poetry; French criticism
- ÃÂlegies, Mascarades, et Bergerie
Other
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- September 28 – Alessandro Tassoni (died 1635), Italian
- Also:
- Cheng Jiasui (died 1643), Chinese landscape painter and poet
- John Davies of Hereford, birth year uncertain (died 1618), English
- Francis Meres (died 1647), English churchman, author, critic and poet
- Konoe Nobutada (died 1614), Japanese courtier and man of letters known as a poet, calligrapher, painter and diarist
- Andrzej Zbylitowski (died 1608), Polish poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
See also
Notes