1587 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Jean-Antoine de Baif awarded the Golden Apollo by the Jeux Floraux de Toulouse, in France French King Henri of Navarre sends Guillaume Du Bartas on a diplomatic mission to Scotland and England. Thomas Churchyard, The Worthiness of Wales, mostly verse Angel Day, Daphnis and Chloe, prose and poetry; a translation from the French of Jacques Amyot George Gascoigne, , posthumously published (see also 1573, 1575) George Turberville, , translations from Mambrino Roseo and Boccaccio's Decameron George Whetstone, , in verse (see "Deaths" section) François de Malherbe, Les Larmes de Saint Pierre, presented to Henry III of France, a florid, mannered poem which the author later disowned, France Cristóbal de Virués, El Monserrate, Spain Jean Papire Masson, a book on the lives of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, published in Paris, France Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: September 18 – Francesca Caccini (died 1641), Italian early Baroque composer, singer, lutenist, poet and music teacher October 18 – Lady Mary Wroth (died c. 1651), English poet November 17 – Joost van den Vondel (died 1679), Dutch writer considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century Also: Francis Kynaston (died 1642), English courtier, poet and translator Yun Seon-do (died 1671), Korean poet and government official Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: February 8 – Mary, Queen of Scots (born 1542), deposed queen regnant and occasional French-language poet, executed November – Madeleine Des Roches (born c. 1520) and her daughter, Catherine Des Roches (born 1542), both died of an epidemic on the same day; together they collectively published French prose and poetry; the two hosted a literary circle which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe date not known – George Whetstone died about this year (born c.