1516 in poetry

This article covers 1516 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published

Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, earliest published version (see also 1532), Italy Robert Fabyan, Chronicle, London: Richard Pynson, publisher; Great BritainWeb page titled "Academic Text Service (ATS)/ Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: / Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603", at Stanford University library website, retrieved September 8, 2009. 2009-09-11. Baptista Mantuanus, Italian poet writing in Latin published in France: AgellariaMantuanus, Baptista The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus, edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books, May 17, 2009 De sacris diebus, 12 books, explaining the various saints' days of the church calendar, published in Lyon Garcia de Resende, editor, Cancioneiro Geral ("General Songbook"), anthology, PortugalPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications

Births March 26 – Konrad Gesner (died 1565), Swiss, German-language naturalist, bibliographer and poet April 23 – Georg Fabricius (died 1571), German poet, historian and archaeologist unknown - Ou Daren (died 1596 in poetry), Ming dynasty poet and scholar.

Death March 22 – Baptista Mantuanus, also known as "Battista Mantovano" and "Johannes Baptista Spagnolo" (born 1447), Italian Carmelite reformer, humanist and Latin-language poet Ugolino Verino (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poetWeb page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. 2009-05-27.

See also Poetry 16th century in poetry 16th century in literature French Renaissance literature

Grands Rhétoriqueurs Renaissance literature Spanish Renaissance literature

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