This article covers 1569 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
- Stephen Bateman, The Travayled Pylgrime, translated from Olivier de la Marche's Le chevalier delibere
- Alonso de Ercilla, La Araucana, an epic poem about the conquest of Chile; the first part was published this year, the second in 1578, when it was published with the first part; the third part was published with the first and second parts in 1589' Spain
- Barnabe Googe, The Ship of Safeguard
- Jan van der Noot, A theatre for Worldlings, including poems translated into English by Edmund Spenser from French sources, published by Henry Bynneman in London
- Thomas Underdowne, published anonymously, a translation from Latin, Ovid his Invective against Ibis
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 16 – Sir John Davies (died 1626), English poet and lawyer, attorney general in Ireland; not to be confused with his contemporary, John Davies of Hereford (c. 1565–1618)
- September 5 – Georg Friedrich of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersheim (died 1645), German officer and amateur poet
- October 18 – Giambattista Marino (died 1625), Italian poet famous for his long epic L'Adone
- Also:
- Ján Bocatius (died 1621), Slovak
- Barnabe Barnes birth year uncertain, possibly 1568 or 1571 (when baptised) (died 1609), English
- Arthur Gorges (died 1625), English poet, translator and courtier
- Geoffrey Keating (Seathrún Céitinn) (died 1644), Irish Roman Catholic priest, poet and historian
- Emilia Lanier, also spelled "Aemilia Lanyer" (died 1645), English
- Thomas Seget (died 1627), Scottish poet writing in Latin
- Zhu Wuxia, flourished this year, Chinese woman poet
Deaths
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See also
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