This article covers 1580 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
- Anonymous, The Buik of Alexander, publication year uncertain, written in Middle Scots in 1438; erroneously attributed to John Barbour, a close translation of two French original works from the Middle Ages
- George Buchanan, Paraphrasis psalmorum Davidis, in Latin
- Thomas Churchyard, A Pleasaunte Laborinth Called Churchyardes Chance
- Humphrey Gifford, A Poste of Gilloflowrs, prose and poetry; Part 1 translated from Italian and French; Part 2 in verse
- Anthony Munday, The Paine of Pleasure
Other
Births
- April 18 – Thomas Middleton, English (died 1627) English playwright and poet
- June 9 – Daniël Heinsius (died 1655), Dutch scholar writing Latin and Dutch poetry
- September 14 – Francisco de Quevedo (died 1645), nobleman, politician and one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age
- October 12 РHortensio F̩lix Paravicino (died 1633), Spanish preacher and poet
- November 9 – Johannes Narssius (died 1637), Dutch-born New Latin poet, physician and Remonstrant minister
- Also:
- Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (died 1652), Irish Gaelic scholar and poet
- Thomas Ford (died 1648), English composer, lutenist, viol player and poet
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (died 1621), Portuguese poet and bucolic writer
- Daniel PribiÃ
¡ (died 1645), Slovak
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, born about this year (died 1622), Portuguese
- John Webster (died 1634), English Jacobean dramatist and poet
Deaths
See also
Notes