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Great Britain
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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Works published
Great BritainEnglish poetryThe 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, The Life and Death of Hector, often attributed erroneously to Thomas HeywoodThomas HeywoodThomas Heywood was a prominent English playwright, actor, and author whose peak period of activity falls between late Elizabethan and early Jacobean theatre.-Early years:...
; a free paraphrase in modernized verse of John LydgateJohn LydgateJohn Lydgate of Bury was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, Suffolk, England.Lydgate is at once a greater and a lesser poet than John Gower. He is a greater poet because of his greater range and force; he has a much more powerful machine at his command. The sheer bulk of Lydgate's poetic output is...
's (also anonymously published) Troy Book 15131513 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Gavin Douglas completed the Eneados, a complete Scots translation of Virgil's Aeneid and the first full and faithful translation into any Germanic language of a major poem from classical antiquity.*... - Sir William AlexanderWilliam Alexander, 1st Earl of StirlingWilliam Alexander, Earl of Stirling was a Scotsman who was an early developer of Scottish colonisation of Port Royal, Nova Scotia and Long Island, New York...
, Doomes-day; or, The Great Day of the Lords Judgement - Richard Brathwaite, published anonymously, The Poets Willow; or, The Passionate Shepheard
- William Browne, The Shepheard's Pipe
- George ChapmanGeorge ChapmanGeorge Chapman was an English dramatist, translator, and poet. He was a classical scholar, and his work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman has been identified as the Rival Poet of Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Minto, and as an anticipator of the Metaphysical Poets...
:- Andromeda Liberata; or, The Nuptials of Perseus and Andromeda, on the marriage of Robert Carr, earl of Somerset, and Frances Howard, formerly countess of Essex
- Homers Odysses, publication year uncertain, Books 1–12 (see also Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer 15981598 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:*Richard Barnfield:** The Encomium of Lady Pecunia; or, The Praise of Money** Poems in Divers Humours...
, Homer Prince of Poets 16091609 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 ....
, The Iliads of Homer 16111611 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works:* Richard Brathwaite, The Golden Fleece...
, Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses 16151615 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave...
, The Whole Workes of Homer 16161616 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke...
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- Sir Arthur GorgesArthur GorgesSir Arthur Gorges , was a sea captain, poet, translator and courtier.-Early life:He was born the son of Sir William Gorges of Charlton and his wife Winifred Budockshede, heiress to the manor of Budockshede.Sir William Gorges died in Dec 1584, in the Tower of London: he was knighted in Ireland in...
, Poems by William Drummond. Of Hawthornden, publication year uncertain - Richard NiccolsRichard Niccols-Life:He was born in London. He may have been the son of Richard Niccols who entered the Inner Temple in 1575, and who wrote ‘A Treatise setting forth the Mystery of our Salvation,’ and ‘A Day Star for Dark Wandring Souls; showing the light by a Christian Controversy’ .The younger Richard Niccols...
, The Furies. With Vertues Encomium; or, The Image of Honour - John NordenJohn NordenJohn Norden was an English cartographer, chorographer and antiquary. He planned a series of county maps and accompanying county histories of England, the Speculum Britanniae...
, The Labyrinth of Mans Life; or Vertues Delieght and Envies Opposite - Sir Thomas OverburyThomas OverburySir Thomas Overbury was an English poet and essayist, and the victim of one of the most sensational crimes in English history...
, A Wife, Now a Widdowe, expanded edition containing the author's Characters, published posthumously - Joshua SylvesterJoshua SylvesterJoshua Sylvester was an English poet.-Biography:Sylvester was the son of a Kentish clothier. In his tenth year he was sent to school at King Edward VI School, Southampton, where he gained a knowledge of French...
, translated from the FrenchFrench poetryFrench 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:...
of Jean BertautJean BertautJean Bertaut , French poet, was born at Caen.He figures with Philippe Desportes in the disdainful couplet of Boileau on Ronsard:"Ce poëte orgueilleux, trébuché de si haut,Rendit plus retenus Desportes et Bertaut."...
, The Parliament of Vertues Royal, also includes translations of verse by Guillaume de Salluste Du BartasGuillaume de Salluste Du BartasGuillaume de Salluste Du Bartas was a French poet. A Huguenot, he served under Henry of Navarre. He is known as an epic poet. La Sepmaine; ou, Creation du monde was a hugely influential hexameral work, relating the creation of the world and the history of man...
(see also Second Session 16151615 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave...
) - George WitherGeorge WitherGeorge Wither was an English poet, pamphleteer, and satirist. He was a prolific writer who adopted a deliberate plainness of style; he was several times imprisoned. C. V...
, A Satyre
Other
- Miguel de CervantesMiguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Saavedra was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, considered the first modern novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written...
, Viaje del ParnasoViaje al ParnasoViaje al Parnaso is a poetic work by Miguel de Cervantes, generally rated as his second greatest work after the novel Don Quixote...
, also known as Viaje al Parnaso (Journey to Parnassus"), dedicated to Rodrigo de Tapia and printed by the widow of Alonso Martín; SpainSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- October 12 – Henry MoreHenry MoreHenry More FRS was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.-Biography:Henry was born at Grantham and was schooled at The King's School, Grantham and at Eton College...
(died 16871687 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* William Winstanley publishes the Lives of the most famous English poets from which biographical data on a number of poets can be obtained-Great Britain:* John Cutts, , Poetical Exercises written on...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe 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...
philosopher and poet - Also:
- Nicolaes BorremansNicolaes BorremansNicolaes Borremans became in 1649 a Remonstrant preacher in Nieuwkoop and in Maasland from 1650 till 1679 when, due to a disease, he asked to be dismissed after which he was pensioned off.Borremans was born in Amsterdam...
(died 16741674 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-France:* Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, France, L'Œuvres diverses du sieur D...., including:...
), Dutch RemonstrantsRemonstrantsThe Remonstrants are the Dutch Protestants who, after the death of Jacobus Arminius, maintained the views associated with his name. In 1610 they presented to the States of Holland and Friesland a remonstrance in five articles formulating their points of disagreement from Calvinism.-History:The five...
preacher, poet, and editor - John DenhamJohn Denham (poet)Sir John Denham was an English poet and courtier. He served as Surveyor of the King's Works and is buried in Westminster Abbey....
born this year or 16151615 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave...
(died 16691669 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Sir John Denham, Cato Major of Old Age, a verse paraphrase of Cicero's De senectute...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe 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...
poet and courtierCourtierA courtier is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together... - Hallgrímur PéturssonHallgrímur PéturssonHallgrímur Pétursson was one of Iceland's most famous poets and a minister at Hvalneskirkja and Saurbær in Hvalfjörður. The Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík and the Hallgrímskirkja in Saurbær are named after him. He was one of the most influential pastors during the Age of Orthodoxy...
(died 16741674 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-France:* Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, France, L'Œuvres diverses du sieur D...., including:...
), one of Iceland's most famous poets and a clergyman
- Nicolaes Borremans
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- October 9 – Bonaventura VulcaniusBonaventura VulcaniusBonaventura Vulcanius was a leading personality in Dutch humanism of the 16th and 17th century....
(born 15381538 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Anonymous, The Court of Venus * Sir David Lindsay,...
), Dutch humanist scholar and poet - July 15 – Pierre de Bourdeille, also known as Brantôme, (born c. 15401540 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir Thomas More, Lady Fortune, publication year uncertain* Girolamo Schola, Capituli di M...
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench 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:...
soldier, historian, biographer and poet
- Also:
- Francisco de Andrada (born 15401540 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir Thomas More, Lady Fortune, publication year uncertain* Girolamo Schola, Capituli di M...
), PortuguesePortuguese poetry-History:The earliest Portuguese poetry was produced in Galicia, today a Spanish province that shares some similarities with Portuguese culture. Like the troubadour culture in the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe, Galician-Portuguese poets sang the love for a woman, that often turned into...
historian and poet - Rhys CainRhys CainRhys Cain was a Welsh-language poet who lived in the north east of Wales near Oswestry.Rhys was a wandering poet who, in the absence of a fixed patron, visited the local aristocracy in search of patronage. Rhys was a contemporary of William Morgan, who first translated the Bible into...
(born 15401540 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Sir Thomas More, Lady Fortune, publication year uncertain* Girolamo Schola, Capituli di M...
), Welsh-language poet - Vitsentzos KornarosVitsentzos KornarosVitsentzos or Vikentios Kornaros or Vincenzo Cornaro was a Cretan poet, who wrote the romantic epic poem Erotokritos. He wrote in vernacular Greek, and was a leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance....
died this year or 16131613 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Nicholas Breton, anonymously published, The Uncasing of Machivils Instructions to his Sonne...
, (born 15531553 in poetry— Opening lines from Gavin Douglas' Eneados, a translation, into Middle Scots of Virgil's Aeneid-Works published:* Ludovico Ariosto, Carminum Lib...
), CretanCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
poet of the Greek Renaissance who wrote the romantic epic poem ErotokritosErotokritosErotokritos is a romance composed by Vikentios Kornaros in early 17th century Crete. It consists of 10,012 fifteen-syllable rhymed verses.... - Luisa Carvajal y MendozaLuisa Carvajal y MendozaLuisa Carvajal y Mendoza was a member of the Spanish nobility, a family connection of the Duke of Lerma and religious poet and writer....
(born 15661566 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:* Thomas Churchyard:** Churchyard's Round** Churchyardes Farewell** Churchyardes Lamentacion of Freyndshyp...
), SpanishSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
aristocrat, religious poet and author - Konoe NobutadaKonoe Nobutadawas a Momoyama period Japanese courtier known as a poet, calligrapher, painter and diarist. Having no legitimate son, he adopted his nephew Nobuhiro as his heir...
(born 15651565 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English:* Robert Copland, , publication year uncertain...
), Japanese courtier and man of letters known as a poet, calligrapher, painter and diarist - Bartosz PaprockiBartosz PaprockiBartholomew Paprocki was a Polish and Czech writer, historiographer, translator, poet, herald and pioneer in the Polish and Czech genealogy.-Biography:...
(born 15431543 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:Pope Paul III issues the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a list of books forbidden to Catholics .-Works published:* Juan Boscan and Garcilaso de la Vega, Las obras de Boscan y alqunas de Garcilaso de la...
), Polish and Czech writer, historiographer, translator, and poet - Cristóbal de ViruésCristóbal de ViruésCristóbal de Virués was a Spanish dramatist and poet.He was born at Valencia about the middle of the 16th century, joined the army, fought at Lepanto, and retired to his native place with the rank of captain shortly before 1586....
(born 15501550 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Charles Bansley, The Pride of Women* Robert Crowley, One and Thyrtye Epigrammes...
), SpanishSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
playwright and poet
- Francisco de Andrada (born 1540
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry 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 poetry16th 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 literature16th century in literatureSee 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...