1540 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Klemens Janicki is appointed poeta laureatus by the Pope Lazare de Baif travels with Pierre de Ronsard (both eventually French poets) to Alsace, where they meet many northern humanists. Sir Thomas More, Lady Fortune, publication year uncertain Girolamo Schola, Capituli di M. Girolamo Schola sopra varii suggetti, publication year uncertain, Italian poems on various subjects, including hats, gypsies, geese, horses, mustard caps and sausages Tontada Siddhesavara, Shatsthala Jnanamrita Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: January 26 – Florent Chrestien (died 1596), French satirist and Latin poet June 11 – Barnabe Googe (died 1594), English Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, born about this year (died 1614), French soldier, historian, biographer and poet Francisco de Terrazas, born about this year (died c.