1580 in poetry

none 1580 poetry literature This article covers 1580 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published Great Britain Anonymous, The Buik of Alexander, publication year uncertain, written in Middle Scots in 1438; erroneously attributed to John Barbour, a close translation of two French original works from the Middle AgesCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6 George Buchanan, Paraphrasis psalmorum Davidis, in Latin Thomas Churchyard, A Pleasaunte Laborinth Called Churchyardes Chance Humphrey Gifford, A Poste of Gilloflowrs, prose and poetry; Part 1 translated from Italian and French; Part 2 in verse Anthony Munday, The Paine of Pleasure Other Fernando de Herrera, Anotaciones, criticism, SpainPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; FranceWeinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), 0-8093-0135-0, "Phillipe Desportes" p 157 Jan Kochanowski, Laments (Treny) ("Thredonies"), Poland Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (La Gerusalemme liberata), 14 cantos in pirated edition, Italy Births April 18 – Thomas Middleton, English (died 1627) English playwright and poet June 9 – Daniël Heinsius (died 1655), Dutch scholar writing Latin and Dutch poetry September 14 – Francisco de Quevedo (died 1645), nobleman, politician and one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age October 12 – Hortensio Félix Paravicino (died 1633), Spanish preacher and poet November 9 – Johannes Narssius (died 1637), Dutch-born New Latin poet, physician and Remonstrant minister Also: Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (died 1652), Irish Gaelic scholar and poet Thomas Ford (died 1648), English composer, lutenist, viol player and poet Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (died 1621), Portuguese poet and bucolic writer Daniel Pribiš (died 1645), Slovak Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, born about this year (died 1622), Portuguese John Webster (died 1634), English Jacobean dramatist and poet Deaths June 10 – Luís de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as "Luis de Camoens", died (born about 1524), perhaps the most highly regarded Portuguese poet June 22 – Hernando de Acuna died (born c. 1520), Spanish Also: Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz (born 1500), Greek kabbalist and poet Wu Cheng'en died 1580 or 1582 (born 1500 or 1505), Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty Robin Clidro (born 1545), Welsh language poet and itinerant poet Sebastián de Horozco (born 1510), Spanish poet and playwright Thomas Tusser (born 1524), English See also Poetry Poetry 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature Elizabethan literature French Renaissance literature Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature University Wits Notes Category:16th-century poetry Poetry