1502 in poetry explained

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

• Stephen Hawes appointed to Valet de chambre under Henry VII of England
• Poet Laureate John Skelton imprisoned

Works published

Italy

• Pietro Bembo, Terzerime, published by Aldus Manutius
• Baptista Mantuanus, Sylvae, eight volumes, Bologna; Italian, Latin-language poet^[1]
• Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia, a pirated edition (the author officially sanctioned publication in 1504); a manuscript of the original work is dated 1489, with two eclogues and connecting prose added later, seemingly reflecting the author's distress at political developments of about 1500; Italy^[2]

Other

• Conradus Celtis, Amores, folk poem, German poet writing in Latin^[3]

Births

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Guillaume Bigot (died 1550), French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin
• Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year or 1503, others say his birth year is 1503^[4] (died 1565), Italian, Latin-language poet^[4]

Deaths

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• February  - Olivier de la Marche (born 1426), French poet and chronicler
• Also:
  • Elisio Calenzio (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet^[4]
  • Jalaladdin Davani (born 1426), Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet
  • Gian Giacomo della Croce, died after this year (born c. 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
  • Gwerful Mechain, died about this year (born c. 1460?), female Welsh erotic poet^[5]
  • Bonino Mombrizio, died 1482 or this year (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet^[4]
  • Octavien de Saint-Gelais (born 1468), French churchman, poet and translator
  • Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn (born unknown), Irish poet
  • Sōgi 宗祇 (born 1421), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Grands Rhétoriqueurs
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature

Notes and References

1. Mantuanus, Baptista The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus, edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books, May 17, 2009
2. Bondanella, Peter, and Julia Conaway Bondanella, co-editors, Dictionary of Italian Literature, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1979
3. Kurian, George Thomas, Timetables of World Literature, New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003,
4. Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. Archived 2009-05-27.
5. Book: Olsen, Kirsten. Chronology of Women's History. registration. 55. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1994. 978-0-313-28803-6. 2009-05-26.