1636 in poetry

This article covers 1636 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Works published

Richard Brathwaite, The Fatall Nuptiall; or, Mournefull Marriage, anonymously published
John Saltmarsh, Poemata sacra
Wye Saltonstall, Ovids Heroicall Epistles, translated from the Latin of Ovid's '

Longinus, On the Sublime, an edition (not in English) by Gerard Langbaine at Oxford; a widely known edition; Ancient Greek criticism; twice reprinted before 1551 (see John Hall's translation, the first into English, 1652; and Nicolas Boileau-DesprÃÂ©aux's influential translation into French in 1674)

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

January 1 – Jacques Cassagne (died 1679), French clergyman, poet and moralist

April 7 – GregÃÂ³rio de Matos, (died 1696), Brazilian Baroque poet

November 1 – Nicolas Boileau-DesprÃÂ©aux (died 1711), French poet and critic

Also:

Jean de Montigny (died 1671), French poet and philosopher

Thomas Traherne, born this year or in 1637 (died 1674), English poet and religious writer

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

January 19 – Daniel Schwenter (born 1585), German Orientalist, mathematician, inventor, poet and librarian

August 25 – Bhai Gurdas (born 1551), Punjabi Sikh scholar, poet and scribe of the Adi Granth

See also

Poetry

17th century in poetry

17th century in literature

Notes