1636 in poetry explained

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

Works published

• Richard Brathwaite, The Fatall Nuptiall; or, Mournefull Marriage, anonymously published^[1]
• John Saltmarsh, Poemata sacra
• Wye Saltonstall, Ovids Heroicall Epistles, translated from the Latin of Ovid's Latin: [[Heroides|Epistolae heriodum]]^[1]
• Longinus, On the Sublime, an edition (not in English) by Gerard Langbaine at Oxford; a widely known edition; Ancient Greek criticism; twice reprinted before 1551 (see John Hall's translation, the first into English, 1652; and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's influential translation into French in 1674)^[2]

Births

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

• January 1  - Jacques Cassagne (died 1679), French clergyman, poet and moralist
• April 7  - Gregório de Matos, (died 1696), Brazilian Baroque poet
• November 1  - Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (died 1711), French poet and critic
• Also:
  • Jean de Montigny (died 1671), French poet and philosopher
  • Thomas Traherne, born this year or in 1637 (died 1674), English poet and religious writer

Deaths

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

• January 19  - Daniel Schwenter (born 1585), German Orientalist, mathematician, inventor, poet and librarian
• August 25  - Bhai Gurdas (born 1551), Punjabi Sikh scholar, poet and scribe of the Adi Granth

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Cox, Michael. The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-860634-6.
2. Book: Clark, Alexander Frederick Bruce. Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660–1830). 308–309. Franklin, Burt. 1971. 978-0-8337-4046-5. Google Books. 2010-02-11.