1535 in poetry explained

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

Events

• Baptista Mantuanus' Eclogues prescribed for schoolboys studying Latin poetry in Braunschweig; at the same time, the work is used in schools in Nördlingen, Memmingen and Emmerich^[1]

Works published

• Anonymous, The Ploughman's tale, publication year uncertain; likely composed in the 15th century; misattributed to Chaucier in Thynne's edition of his works 1532^[2]
• Niccolò Carmignano, Operette del Parthenopeo Suavio, first book printed in Bari
• Gavin Douglas,, publication year uncertain; written about 1501; an allegory presented as a vision^[2]
• Jacopo Sannazaro, an Italian writing here in Latin:
  • almost 150 epigrams; published posthumously (died 1530)^[3]
  • Elegies in three books, imitating Propertius and Tibullus^[3]
• Maurice Scève, a translation into French of the sequel by Juan de Flores to Boccaccio's Fiammetta^[4]
• Marco Girolamo Vida, Christiados libri sex ("The Christiad in Six Books"), a Latin epic poem begun by Vida, an Italian bishop, in the 1510s but not completed until the early 1530s

Births

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

• February 16  - Nicolas Rapin (died 1608), French magistrate, royal officer, translator, poet and satirist
• Also:
  • Cyprian Bazylik (died 1600), Polish composer, poet, printer, and writer
  • Martín del Barco Centenera (died c. 1602) Spanish cleric, explorer, author and poet
  • Simwnt Fychan (died 1606), Welsh language poet and genealogist
  • George Gascoigne (died 1577), English poet
  • Arthur Golding (died 1606), English translator of prose and poetry; nothing known of him after this year^[2]
  • Govindadasa (died 1613), Bengali Vaishnava poet known for his body of devotional songs addressed to Krishna
  • Jasper Heywood (died 1598), English poet and translator
  • Riccardo Luisini (died 1617), Italian, Latin-language poet^[5]
  • Martin Rakovský (died 1579), Slovak
  • Gioanni Hercolani de' Sarti, fl. at this time, Italian, Latin-language poet^[5]

Deaths

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

• May 26  - Francesco Berni, (born 1497), Italian writer and poet
• August 27  - Lope de Vega died (born 1462), Spain
• September 25  - Johannes Secundus (born 1511), Dutch, Latin-language poet
• Also:
  • Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490, Italian, Latin-language poet;^[5] sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470,^{[5] [6]} others giving c. 1480^{[7] [8]} and another c. 1490^[9]
  • Hieronymus Balbus, also called "Girolamo Balbi" and "Accellini", death year uncertain (born c. 1450), Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, diplomat, and bishop
  • Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea, (born 1486), Spanish Renaissance poet and playwright

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• French Renaissance literature
• 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. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
3. Bondanella, Peter, and Julia Conaway Bondanella, co-editors, Dictionary of Italian Literature, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1979
4. 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),, "Clément Marot" p 2
5. 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.
6. Schnur, Rhoda and Roger P. H. Green, Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Abulensis: proceedings of the tenth International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies, Ávila, 4-9 August 1997, p 11, Published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2000,,, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
7. Perosa, Allesandro and John Hanbury, Angus Sparrow, Renaissance Latin verse: an anthology, p xi and p 222, University of North Carolina Press, 1979,,, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
8. Gorni, Guglielmo and Massimo Danzi, Silvia Longhi Poeti lirici, burleschi, satirici e didascalici, p 376, published by Ricciardi, 2001,,, retrieved via Google Books, May 21, 2009
9. Grant, William Leonard, Neo-Latin literature and the pastoral, p 144, University of North Carolina Press, 1965, ("Equally unimportant are two eclogues of Girolamo Angeriano of Naples (ca. 1490-1535),"), retrieved via Google Books (quote appears on search results page with multiple results, not page devoted to the book), May 21, 2009