1509 in poetry
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...

 or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...

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Great Britain
English poetry
The history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...

  • Anonymous, Richard Coeur de Lion, written about 1300, a mix of historical and romance elements
  • Antoine de la Sale
    Antoine de la Sale
    Antoine de la Sale or la Salle was a French writer.-Family and Early Years:He was born in Provence, probably at Arles, the illegitimate son of Bernardon de la Salle, a celebrated Gascon mercenary, mentioned in Froissart's Chronicles. His mother was a peasant, Perrinette Damendel.-At the Court of...

    , anonymously published, publisher: Wynkyn de Worde; a translation of the original work
  • Alexander Barclay
    Alexander Barclay
    Dr Alexander Barclay was an English/Scottish poet.-Biography:Barclay was born in about 1476. His place of birth is matter of dispute, but William Bulleyn, who was a native of Ely, and probably knew him when he was in the monastery there, asserts that he was born "beyonde the cold river of Twede"...

    , also known as The Ship of Fools, translated mostly from Latin
    Latin poetry
    The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...

     and French
    French poetry
    French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...

     versions of the satire Narrenschiff, also known as Stultifera Navis ("Ship of Fools
    Ship of Fools
    The ship of fools is an allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art. The allegory depicts a vessel populated by human inhabitants who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, passengers aboard a ship without a pilot, and seemingly ignorant of their own direction...

    ") 1494 by Sebastian Brandt (see also Henry Watson version published this year); London: Wynkyn de Worde
  • Stephen Hawes
    Stephen Hawes
    Stephen Hawes was a popular English poet during the Tudor period who is now little known. He was probably born in Suffolk owing to the commonness of the name in that area and, if his own statement of his age may be trusted, was born about 1474. It has been suggested that he was an illegitimate...

    :
    • London: Wynkyn de Worde
    • on the coronation of Henry VIII
      Henry VIII of England
      Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

      ; London: Wynkyn de Worde
  • Henry Watson
    Henry Watson
    Henry Watson may refer to:*Henry Winfield Watson , Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania*Henry William Watson , British mathematician*Henry Keith Watson, member of the "L.A...

    , , translated from J. Drouyn's French prose version of Sebastian Brandt's 1494 satire Narrenschiff, also known as Stultifera Navis ("Ship of Fools
    Ship of Fools
    The ship of fools is an allegory that has long been a fixture in Western literature and art. The allegory depicts a vessel populated by human inhabitants who are deranged, frivolous, or oblivious, passengers aboard a ship without a pilot, and seemingly ignorant of their own direction...

    "; see also Alexander Barclay's version published this year)

Other

  • Laurentius Corvinus
    Laurentius Corvinus
    Laurentius Corvinus was a Silesian scholar who lectured as an ‘extraordinary’ professor at the University of Krakow when Nicolaus Copernicus began to study there...

     publishes Copernicus' Latin translation of the Letters, Byzantine Greek poetry by Theophylactus Simocatta
  • Helius Eobanus Hessus
    Helius Eobanus Hessus
    Helius Eobanus Hessus was a German Latin poet born at Halgehausen in Hesse-Kassel ....

    , Idyls, German writing in Latin
    Latin poetry
    The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...

     (see also third revised edition 1564
    1564 in poetry
    Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Jan Blahoslav, author and editor, Ivančice hymn-book, a revised edition of the Polish-language Šamotulský kancionál 1561; a Czech poet* Helius Eobanus Hessus, Idyls, German writing in...

    , Frankfort)
  • Jean Marot
    Jean Marot
    Jean Marot was a French poet and the father of French Renaissance poet Clément Marot. He is often grouped with the "Grands Rhétoriqueurs"....

    , Le Voyage de Venise; France
    French poetry
    French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...


Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
  • July 10 – John Calvin
    John Calvin
    John Calvin was an influential French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism. Originally trained as a humanist lawyer, he broke from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530...

     (died 1561
    1561 in poetry
    Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:* Thomas Blundeville, translated from the Latin of Plutarch, Three Morall Treatises, first two treatises in verse...

    ), Swiss, French
    French poetry
    French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...

    -language Protestant religious leader who wrote hymns
  • August 3 – Étienne Dolet
    Étienne Dolet
    Étienne Dolet was a French scholar, translator and printer.-Early life:He was born in Orléans. A doubtful tradition makes him the illegitimate son of Francis I; but it is evident that he was at least connected with some family of rank and wealth.From Orléans he was taken to Paris about 1521, and...

     (died 1546
    1546 in poetry
    Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Luigi Alamanni, La Coltivazione, didactic poem written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics, Italian writer published in Paris, France* Ludovico Ariosto, Le Rime de M...

    ), French
    French poetry
    French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...

     writer, poet and humanist
  • date not known – Annibale Cruceio (died 1577
    1577 in poetry
    Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Nicholas Breton:** The Works of a Young Wit** A Flourish upon Fancy...

    ), Italian
    Italian poetry
    -Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....

    , Latin
    Latin poetry
    The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...

    -language poet
  • date not known – Kanaka Dasa
    Kanaka Dasa
    Kanaka Dasa was a great poet, philosopher, musician and composer from Karnataka. He is known for his Kirtanes and Ugabhoga compositions in the Kannada language for Carnatic music...

     (died 1609
    1609 in poetry
    — Last lines from William Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, published this year and, four centuries later, still "eternal lines"Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature ....

    ), poet, philosopher, musician and composer from Karnataka
    Karnataka
    Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...


Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
  • Pietro Antonio Piatti died this year or later (born c. 1442), Italian
    Italian poetry
    -Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....

    , Latin
    Latin poetry
    The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...

    -language poet

See also

  • Poetry
    Poetry
    Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

  • 16th century in poetry
    16th century in poetry
    -Works published:* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry .-England:* John Skelton -Works published:* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva...

  • 16th century in literature
    16th century in literature
    See also: 16th century in poetry, 15th century in literature, other events of the 16th century, 17th century in literature, list of years in literature.-Events:1508...

  • French Renaissance literature
    French Renaissance literature
    For more information on historical developments in this period see: Renaissance, History of France, and Early Modern France.For information on French art and music of the period, see French Renaissance....

  • Grands Rhétoriqueurs
    Grands Rhétoriqueurs
    The Grands Rhétoriqueurs or simply the "Rhétoriqueurs" is the name given to a group of poets from 1460 to 1520 working in Northern France, Flanders and the Duchy of Burgundy whose ostentatious poetic production was dominated by an extremely rich rhyme scheme and experimentation with assonance...

  • Renaissance literature
    Renaissance literature
    Renaissance Literature refers to the period in European literature that began in Italy during the 14th century and spread around Europe through the 17th century...

  • Spanish Renaissance literature
    Spanish Renaissance literature
    Spanish Renaissance literature is the literature written in Spain during the Renaissance.-Introduction:The political, religious, literary, and war relations between Italy and Spain since the second half of the 15th century caused a remarkable cultural interchange between these two countries...

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