1546 in poetry explained

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

Events

• After meeting with Jacques Peletier du Mans, Joachim du Bellay decides to go to Paris, where he meets Pierre de Ronsard and Jean-Antoine de Baïf, who were studying Greek and Latin under Jean Daurat, also a poet.^[1]

Works published

• Luigi Alamanni, La Coltivazione, didactic poem written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics, Italian writer published in Paris, France
• Ludovico Ariosto, Le Rime di M. Ludovico Ariosto, edited by Iacopo Coppa Modanese; Italy^[2]
• John Heywood, ; Great Britain^[3]

Births

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

• Philippe Desportes (died 1606), French poet
• Veronica Franco (died 1591), Italian poet and courtesan

Deaths

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

• February 18  - Martin Luther died (born 1483), German theologian and poet
• July 16  - Anne Askew, also spelled "Anne Ayscough" (born 1521) English poet and Protestant who was persecuted as a heretic; the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake
• August 3  - Étienne Dolet (born 1509), French writer, poet and humanist
• Also:
  • Pietro Bonomo, also known as "Petrus" (born 1458), Italian, humanist, diplomat, bishop of Trieste and Latin-language poet^[4]
  • Nikolaus Decius died sometime after this year (born 1485), German

See also

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

Notes and References

1. 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),, "Joachim du Bellay" p 42
2. Marrone, Gaetana, Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies, "Ludovico Ariosto" article by Dennis Looney, p 86, "Selected Works" section, retrieved August 7, 2010
3. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
4. Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009