Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Works published
Great Britain George Chapman, translator, The Georgicks of Hesiod, from the Greek of Hesiod's Works and DaysCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Sir John Harington, The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams of Sir John Harrington (see also Epigrams Both Pleasant and Serious 1615) John Taylor, The Pennylesse Pilgrimage
Other Jacob Cats, Emblemata or Minnebeelden with Maegdenplicht, Netherlands Etienne de Pleure, Sacra Aeneis, cento Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Rimas, lyrics, including translations of Horace, Martial and Ausonius, with a controversial preface which attracts much attention because of its strong opposition to the culteranismo of Luis de Góngora, Spain
Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Late – Abraham Cowley (died 1667), English Wu Jiaji (died 1684), Chinese
Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: April 19 – Thomas Bastard (born 1566), English poet and clergyman July – John Davies of Hereford (born 1565), Anglo-Welsh poet August 23 – Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero (born 1585), Dutch poet and playwright September 28 – Josuah Sylvester (born 1563), English poet October 29 – Sir Walter Ralegh (born c. 1554), English adventurer and author, executed December 6 – Jacques Davy Duperron (born 1556), French cardinal, politician and poet Also: Richard Stanihurst, also spelled "Stanyhurst" (born 1547), Irish translator, poet, historian and alchemist Probable year – Bento Teixeira (born c. 1561), Portuguese poet
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