1671 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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Events
- Antoinette du Ligier de La Garde Des Houlières awarded the first prize given for poetry by the Académie françaiseAcadémie françaiseL'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
Works published
- Anonymous, Westminster-Drollery; or, A Choice Collection of the Newest Songs & Poems Both at Court & Theaters (second part published in 16721672 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Le Mercure galant was founded in France by Donneau de Visé...
) - John MiltonJohn MiltonJohn Milton was an English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell...
, Paradise Regain'dParadise RegainedParadise Regained is a poem by the English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes...
: A poem [...] To which is added Samson AgonistesSamson AgonistesSamson Agonistes is a tragic closet drama by John Milton. It appeared with the publication of Milton's Paradise Regain'd in 1671, as the title page of that volume states: "Paradise Regained / A Poem / In IV Books / To Which Is Added / Samson Agonistes"...
, published in May (Samson Agonistes published separately in 16811681 in poetry— First lines from Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, first published this yearNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:...
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Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Colley CibberColley CibberColley Cibber was an English actor-manager, playwright and Poet Laureate. His colourful memoir Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber describes his life in a personal, anecdotal and even rambling style...
(died 17571757 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* May 7 — Christopher Smart's asylum confinement begins in St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London ; while confined at St Luke's, Smart wrote A Song to David, published in 1763, and Jubilate...
), British actor-manager, playwright, and Poet LaureatePoet LaureateA poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events... - Antoine DanchetAntoine DanchetAntoine Danchet was a French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet.-Biography:Danchet was born in Riom, in the Auvergne, France. Having been a professor of rhetoric at Chartres and then a tutor at Paris, Danchet gaveup teaching to write for the theatre. He wrote some opera libretti which, set...
(died 17481748 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-United Kingdom:* Mark Akenside, An Ode to the Earl of Huntingdon...
), French playwright, librettist and dramatic poet - Jean-Baptiste RousseauJean-Baptiste RousseauJean-Baptiste Rousseau was a French poet.-Biography:Rousseau was born in Paris, the son of a shoemaker, and was well educated. As a young man, he gained favour with Boileau, who encouraged him to write. Rousseau began with the theatre, for which he had no aptitude...
(died 17411741 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* About this time Thomas Seaton established the Seatonian Prize at Cambridge University for religious poetry-Great Britain:...
), 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:...
poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Fran Krsto FrankopanFran Krsto FrankopanFran Krsto Frankopan was a Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician in the 17th century. He is remembered primarily for his involvement in the failed Zrinski-Frankopan conspiracy.-Early life and poetry:...
(born 16431643 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Births:Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:...
), Croatian poet and politician - Jean de MontignyJean de MontignyThe Abbé Jean de Montigny was a French philosophic writer and poet, elected to the Académie française, but who died in his prime.-Biography:...
(born 16361636 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Richard Brathwaite, The Fatall Nuptiall; or, Mournefull Marriage, anonymously published...
), French philosophic writer and poet - Sokuhi NyoitsuSokuhi Nyoitsuwas a Buddhist monk of the Obaku Zen sect, and was also an accomplished poet and calligrapher. His teacher Ingen Ryūki, Mokuan Shōtō and Sokuhi were together known as the "Three Brushes of Ōbaku" or Ōbaku no Sanpitsu.-China:...
(born 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...
), Buddhist monk, poet and calligrapher - Yun SeondoYun SeondoYun Seondo was a noted Korean poet of the Joseon Dynasty. He was born in Seoul, in what is now South Korea. He achieved early success as a government official, but his straightforward character made enemies at court and he was banished for imprudent criticism of those in power...
(born 15871587 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Thomas Churchyard, The Worthiness of Wales, mostly verse...
), KoreanKorean poetryKorean poetry is poetry performed or written in the Korean language or by Korean people. Traditional Korean poetry is often sung in performance. Until the 20th century, much of Korean poetry was written in Hanja and later Hangul.- History :...
poet and government official
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...
- 17th century in poetry17th century in poetry-Denmark:* Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor , hymns, some of which are still sung-Other:* Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey , Germany-Danish poets:* Anders Arrebo...
- 17th century in literature17th century in literatureSee also: 17th century in poetry, 16th century in literature*Early Modern literature*other events of the 17th century*18th century in literature, 1700 in literature,and list of years in literature.-Events and trends:...
- Restoration literatureRestoration literatureRestoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration , which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland...