1590 in poetry explained

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

Events

• With the encouragement of Sir Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spenser joins him on a trip to London, where Ralegh presented the celebrated poet to Queen Elizabeth I.^[1]

Works

• George Peele, Polyhymnia^[2]
• Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Books 1-3,^[2] in honour of Queen Elizabeth I
• Sir Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, Books 1 - 3 (see also expanded editions of 1593, 1598, 1621, etc.)^[2]

Births

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

• March 18  - Manuel de Faria e Sousa (died 1649), Portuguese historian and poet
• June 24  - Samuel Ampzing (died 1632), Dutch clergyman and poet
• September 12  - María de Zayas (died 1661), Spanish poet and playwright
• Also:
  • Baltasar del Alcazar born (died 1606), Spanish
  • William Browne (died 1645), English
  • Shen Yixiu (died 1635), Chinese poet and mother of female poets Ye Xiaoluan, Ye Wanwan and Ye Xiaowan^[3]
  • Faqi Tayran, also spelled "Feqiyê Teyran", pen name of Mir Mihemed (died 1660), Kurdish
  • Hu Wenru (flourished about this year), Chinese official courtesan known for her poetry painting and playing the qin^[3]
  • Théophile de Viau (died 1626), French poet and playwright
  • Xu Yuan (poet) (flourished about this year), Chinese woman poet nicknamed "Xie reincarnate" in reference to Xie Daoyun^[3]

Deaths

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

• March  - Petru Cercel (born unknown), Wallachian prince and poet
• August 28  - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (born 1544), French writer and poet
• November 29  - Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (born 1547), German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician and astronomer
• September 20  - Robert Garnier (born 1544), French poet and playwright
• Also:
  • George Puttenham (born 1529), English writer and critic
  • Étienne Tabourot (born 1549), French

See also

• Poetry
• 16th century in poetry
• 16th century in literature
• Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
• Elizabethan literature
• English Madrigal School
• French Renaissance literature
• Renaissance literature
• Spanish Renaissance literature
• University Wits

Notes and References

1. Web page titled "Edmund Spenser Home Page/Biography" at the website of the University of Cambridge Faculty of English, retrieved September 24, 2009
2. Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004,
3. [Kang-i Sun Chang]