This article covers 1555 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published

France Joachim du Bellay, Les Regrets, France Jean Antoine de Baïf, Weinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Pierre de Ronsard" p 70 Louise Labé, ("Complete Works"), including her prose "", three elegies and 24 sonnets (one in Italian), as well as 24 poems in her honor by others;France, Peter, editor, The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, 1993, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, published by the noted Lyon printer, Jean de Tournes;Web page titled "Autres ouvrages sur la Renaissance à Lyon et en France", retrieved May 17, 2009. Archived 2009-05-20. the first edition ran through two printings; reprinted again in 1556, with spelling corrections; her sonnets have been often republished and translated Jacques Peletier du Mans, ("The Art of Poetry"), French criticism Pierre de Ronsard: , addresses and panegyricsKurian, George Thomas, Timetables of World Literature, New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003,

"La vie de Louise Labé" , a chronology, retrieved May 17, 2009. 2009-05-20. Weinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Pierre de Ronsard" p 70 Pontus de Tyard, Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye,

Great Britain John Heywood, (see also 1550; 1560, Works 1562Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, Mirror for Magistrates, anthology of poems about great historical figures of England, first edition; published by John Weyland, who was apparently denied a license to publish by the Lord Chancellor Stephen Gardiner, effectively suppressing the work and putting Weyland out of business (the book was revived and published in 1559, third edition 1563, fourth edition 1574, another edition 1610) Henry Lovel, eighth Baron Morley, , publication year uncertain; translated from the Italian of Petrarch's Trionfi

Other Girolamo Fracastoro, also known as "Fracastorius", Collected Works, including poems and Naugerius, criticismPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications

Births Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Heinrich Meibom (died 1625), German historian and poet Keshavdas (died 1617), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet François de Malherbe born (died 1628), French Israel ben Moses NajaraKravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972, born about this year (died c. 1625), Hebrew poet in Palestine Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer, also known as Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino (died 1615), Slovak Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega (died 1615), Castilian Spanish poet, playwright and historian Thomas Watson (died 1592), English lyrical poet who wrote in English and Latin

Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Sir David Lindsay (born 1490), Scottish

See also

Poetry 16th century in poetry

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