1575 in poetry explained

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

Works published

Great Britain

• Nicholas Breton, A Small Handful of Fragrant Flowers^[1]
• Thomas Churchyard,, some prose but mostly poetry; in part, it recounts how Queen Elizabeth was received by the city of Bristow^[1]
• George Gascoigne,, the second, very expanded edition of 1573; includes (the author's longest poem}) and (see also 1587)^[1]
• John Rolland, The Court of Venus^[1]

Other

• Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France^[2]
• Veronica Franco, Terze rime; Italian

Births

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

• August 14  - Robert Hayman (died 1629) poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland; his book, 'Qvodlibets ("What you will"), published in 1628, is the first book of English poetry written in what would become Canada.
• Also:
  • Edmund Bolton (died c. 1633), English historian and poet, born this year by his own account
  • Cyril Tourneur (died 1626), English playwright and poet
  • Sir William Vaughan, "Orpheus junior" (died 1641), Welsh writer, poet and colonial investor
  • Henry Willobie (died 1596), English
• Approximate date:
  • Walter Quin (died 1640), Irish-born English court poet and author writing in English, Latin, French and Italian

Deaths

• April 10 (buried)  - Anna Bijns (born 1493), Dutch
• August 14  - Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (born 1503), Spanish
• Also:
  • Giovanni Battista Pigna (born 1530), Italian, Latin-language poet^[3]
  • Adam Reusner (approximate date; born sometime from 1471 to 1496), German
  • William Stevenson (born 1530), English poet, author and clergyman; presumed playwright

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6. registration.
2. 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),, "Phillipe Desportes" p 157
3. Web site: Tra Medioevo en rinascimento . Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina . Italian . 2009-05-14 . https://archive.today/20240524093522/https://www.webcitation.org/5h5lnIRZh?url=http://www.mqdq.it/mqdq/poetiditalia/indice.jsp%3Fordine=crono . 2024-05-24 . dead .