1585 in poetry explained

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

Events

• Irish poet Tuileagna Ó Maoil Chonaire composes the poem Labhram ar iongnaibh Éireann.
• On the death of Pierre de Ronsard, Philippe Desportes became "recognized indisputably as France's greatest living poet," according to 20th century scholar Bernard Weinberg.^[1]

Works published

• Giordano Bruno, Italy:
  • L’Infini de l’univers et les mondes
  • De gli eroici furori ("The Heroic Enthusiasts"), a sonnet sequence and commentaries concerning the philosophy of love and love as a means of mystical ascent; dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney
  • Cabala del Cavallo pegaseo

Births

• January 31  - Daniel Schwenter (died 1636), German Orientalist, polymath, poet and librarian
• March 16  - Gerbrand Bredero (died 1618), Dutch poet and playwright
• October 11  - Johann Heermann (died 1647), German poet and hymn writer
• November 1  - Jan Brożek (died 1652), Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector
• December 13  - William Drummond of Hawthornden (died 1649), Scottish poet
• Also:
  • Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland, née Elizabeth Tanfield (died 1639), English poet, translator and dramatist
  • Ján Filický born about this year (died 1623), Slovak poet
  • Fang Weiyi (died 1668), Chinese woman poet^[2]

Deaths

• Paolo Giovio, birth year not known, Italian, Latin-language poet^[3]
• Ambrosius Lobwasser died (born 1515), German
• December 27  - Pierre de Ronsard (born 1524), French

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
• University Wits

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),, "Phillipe Desportes" p 157
2. [Kang-i Sun Chang]
3. 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.