1632 in poetry explained

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

Works published

• Arthur Johnston, Epigrammata, Scottish poet writing in Latin
• John Lyly, Alexander and Campaspe^[1]
• John Milton, "An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare", printed anonymously in the Second Folio of William Shakespeare's plays
• Johannes Narssius, Gustavidos sive de bello Sueco-austriaco libri tres
• Francis Quarles, Divine Fancies: Digested into epigrammes, meditations and observations^[2]

Births

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

• January 1  - Katherine Philips, née Fowler (died 1664), London-born Anglo-Welsh poet
• August 13  - François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais (died 1713), French ecclesiastic, grammarian, diplomat and poet in French, Spanish and Latin
• Étienne Pavillon (died 1705), French lawyer and poet
• Rahman Baba (died 1706), Indian Pashto poet
• Wang Wu (died 1690), Chinese painter and poet
• Wu Li (died 1718), Chinese landscape painter and poet

Deaths

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

• February 23  - Giambattista Basile (born c. 1570), Italian poet, courtier and collector of fairy tales
• February/March  - John Weever (born 1576), English poet and antiquary
• July 29  - Samuel Ampzing (born 1590), Dutch clergyman and poet
• August 25  - Thomas Dekker (born 1572), English playwright, writer, pamphleteer and poet
• Ye Wanwan, died this year, according to one source,^[3] or in 1633, according to another^[4] (born 1610), Chinese poet and daughter of poet Shen Yixiu; also sister of women poets Ye Xiaowan and Ye Xiaoluan^[3]
• Last known reference  - Henry Reynolds (born 1564), English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic
• Possible date  - John Webster (born c. 1580), English Jacobean dramatist and poet

See also

• Poetry
• 17th century in poetry
• 17th century in literature

Notes and References

1. Book: Lucie-Smith, Edward. Edward Lucie-Smith. Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse. registration. 1965. Harmondsworth. Penguin.
2. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6.
3. [Kang-i Sun Chang]
4. Olsen, Kirsten, Chronology of Women's History, p 69, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994,,