This article covers 1584 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
- Robert Greene, The Debate between Folly and Love, translated from the French of part of Louise Labbe's Débat de Folie et d'Amour, London: Ponsonby; many editions in the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries
- King James VI, The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie
- Anthony Munday, I Serve a Mistress
- Thomas Phaer, The Thirteen Books of Aeneidos, Boox 10–12 translated by Thomas Twyne; Book 13 by Maffeo Vegio (see also The Seven First Bookes 1558, The Nyne First Bookes 1562, The Whole Twelve Bookes 1573)
- Clement Robinson "and Divers Others", A Handful of Pleasant Delights
Other
Births
- February 12 – Barlaeus, also known as Kaspar van Baerle (died 1648), Dutch
- September 15 – Georg Rudolf Weckherlin (died 1653), German
- Also:
- Francis Beaumont (died 1616), English playwright and poet
- Anna Ovena Hoyer born (died 1655), German
- Anna Visscher (died 1651), Dutch artist, poet, and translator
- Georg Rodolf Weckherlin born (died 1653), German
- Diederich von dem Werder born (died 1657), German
Deaths
- March 10 – Thomas Norton (born 1532), politician and poet
- August 22 – Jan Kochanowski (born 1530), Pole who published poetry in Polish and Latin
- Also:
- Johann Beltz (born 1529), German
- Lucas de Heere (born 1534), Flemish portrait painter, poet and writer
- Guy Du Faur, Seigneur de Pibrac (born 1529), French jurist and poet
- Sur, died sometime from 1581 to this year (born 1478 or 1479), Indian, Hindi poet and saint who wrote in the Brij Bhasha dialect
- 1584/1585/1586: Ulpian Fulwell (born 1545/1546), English Renaissance theatre playwright, satirist and poet
See also
Notes