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1680 in poetry
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1680 poetry literature
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
The Irish poem-book Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill.
Possible approximate date of composition of the Thai poem Kamsuan Samut, attributed to Si Prat.
Works published
Wentworth Dillon, translator, Horace's Art of Poetry, translation from the Latin of Horace's Ars Poetica, including an essay by Edmund WallerCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6
John Dryden and others, translators, Ovid's Epistles
Thomas Otway, The Poet's Complaint of his Muse; or, A Satyr Against Libel ls y
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Poems on Several Occasions By the Right Honourable The E. of R—, published in London, although the book states it was published in "Antwerpen"Web page titled "John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680)" at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100808165513/http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=81497 August 8, 2010 2009-05-02. (see "Deaths", below) The book includes "The Disappointment" by Aphra Behn.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
September 22 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes (died 1747), German poet
Mohammed Awzal (died 1748), Moroccan Berber religious poet
Bulleh Shah (died 1757), Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist and philosopher
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
July 26 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (born 1647), English poet, courtier and rake (see "Works", above)
August 25 – Symeon of Polotsk (born 1629), Belarusian-Russian Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman and enlightener
September 25 – Samuel Butler (born 1612), English satirical poet
October 15 – Bedřich Bridel (born 1619), Czech Baroque writer, poet and missionary
November – Carr Scrope (born 1649), English versifier and courtier
Approximate date
François Colletet (born 1628), French poet
Karacaoğlan (born c.1606), Turkish folk poet and ashik
See also
Poetry
Poetry
17th century in poetry
17th century in literature
Restoration literature
Notes
Category:17th-century poetry
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