1554 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1549 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Joachim du Bellay, France: L'Olive, the first sonnet sequence written in France La Defense et illustration de la langue françoyse; the author argues that all languages have equal value, and that modern French can express wisdom and truth as well as Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian or Spanish, but du Bellay also advocates adoption of Italianate and classical poetic forms to improve French poetry; he states that it is "no vicious thing, but praiseworthy, to borrow from a foreign tongue thoughts and words and appropriate them to our own" Recueil de poesie, presente à tres illustre princesse Madame Marguerite, seur unique du Roy [.
1537 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Clément Marot returns to Paris early this year. Also this year, he bests François de Sagon in a literary quarrel involving an exchange of satires and epigrams. Anonymous, Boccus and Sydrake, publication year uncertain but sometime from 1530 to this year, edited by John Twyne, an encyclopedia in dialogue form, derived from the Old French Sidrac, in which Boccus asks 847 questions and Sidrac answers them (see Sidrak and Bokkus).
1533 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). French poet Maurice Sceve announces that he has found the tomb of "Laura", the woman who is the subject of so many poems by Petrarch, at the church of Santa Croce in Avignon, further strengthening French interest in the Italian poet. Luigi Alamanni, Opere Toscane ("Tuscan Works"), Latin elegies, published either this year or in 1532, Italian writer published in Lyon, France, said to con
1534 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Louise Labé met Clément Marot in the salon of William Scève's brother Maurice. John Lydgate, published anonymously, Life of St. Alban and St. Amphibalus, translated from French into English Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: June 3 – Hosokawa Fujitaka 細川藤孝, also known as Hosokawa Yūsai 細川幽斎 (died 1610), a Japanese, Sengoku period feudal warlord and poet Oc
1507 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). William Dunbar, publication year uncertain; also contains the author's "Lament for the Makaris", "Kynd Kittok", and "The Testament of Mr. Andro. Kennedy"; Great Britain The Jousts of May and June, anonymously published, publication year uncertain; Great Britain Jean Lemaire de Belges, Les Chansons de Namur, written in support of a popular revolt; Belgian Waloon poet writing in French Guntherus Ligurinis, , a description of the battles Frederick Barbarossa fought with Milan whom the poet calls "Ligures", written by a 12th-century poet, found in a monastery by C.
1630 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). William Davenant, Ieffereidos John Donne, A Help to Memory and Discourse, including The Broken Heart and part of "Song" ("Go and catch a falling star ...
1637 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1640 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Early? – Poems written by Wil. Shake-speare, Gent. is published (posthumously) by John Benson in London, the first collection of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poetry, although incomplete and mangled and with some male pronouns changed to female in the sonnets (here reissued for the first time since original publication).
1570 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Formation in Paris of Antoine de Baïf's Académie de Poésie et Musique, and consequent development of musique mesurée by composers such as Claude Le Jeune and Guillaume Costeley Torquato Tasso travels to Paris in the service of Cardinal Luigi d'Este.
