1520 in poetry explained

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

Works published

Great Britain

• Anonymous, publication year conjectural, Alexander the Great^[1]
• Anonymous, ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"), London: Wynkyn de Worde;^[2] (1521 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication^[1])
• John Constable, Epigrammata^[1]
• Robert Copland,, London: Wynkyn de Worde^[2]
• Anonymous, publication year conjectural, The Squire of Low Degree, also known as, written about 1500^[1]
• Anonymous,, a translation of Terence, Paris^[2]
• Christopher Goodwyn,, London: Wynkyn de Worde^[2]
• William Hendred, publication year conjectural, The Pilgrimage of Mankind^[1]
• John Lydgate, publication year conjectural, Testament^[1]
• William Walter (poet), The Spectacle of Louers, London: Wynkyn de Worde^[2]

Other

• Ulrich von Hutten, Aufwecker der teutschen Nation, a satiric poem, the author's earliest work in German^[3]

Births

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

• Hernando de Acuña born about this year (died 1580), Spanish
• Giovanni Bona de Boliris (died 1572), Humanist, poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian
• Thomas Churchyard, birth year uncertain (died 1604), English author and poet
• Natalis Comes (died 1582), Italian mythographer, poet and historian
• Pernette Du Guillet (died 1545), French
• William Lauder, year uncertain (died 1573), Scottish cleric, playwright, and poet
• Madeleine Des Roches born about this year (died 1587), French author and poet who published works jointly with her daughter, Catherine Des Roches; the two also hosted a literary salon which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe
• Alexander Scott (died 1582/1583), Scottish
• Georg Thym born about this year (died 1560), German teacher, poet and writer

Deaths

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

• William Dunbar, death year uncertain (born c. 1460), Scottish
• William Hendred (born 1470), English^[2]

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
• French Renaissance literature
• Grands Rhétoriqueurs
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature

Notes and References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
2. Web 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.
3. Magnusson, Magnus, general editor, Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, and W & R Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh, fifth edition, 1990,