1551 in poetry explained

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

Works published

• Robert Crowley, published anonymously, Philargyrie of Greate Britayne; or, The Fable of the Great Giant^[1]
• Marcantonio Flaminio, Carmina Sacra, posthumous, Italy

Births

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

• Bhai Gurdas (died 1636), Sikh scholar, poet and the scribe of the Adi Granth
• Siméon-Guillaume de La Roque (died 1611), French
• George Whetstone year uncertain (died 1587), English poet and author

Deaths

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

• Ludovico Pasquali (born 1500), Italian author and poet
• Sin Siamdang (born 1504), Korean painter, poet, embroiderer, calligrapher, scholar of Confucian literature and history^[2]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
2. Olsen, Kirsten, Chronology of Women's History, p 55, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994,,, retrieved via Google Books on May 26, 2009