1555 in poetry
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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
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French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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FranceFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
- Joachim du BellayJoachim du BellayJoachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade.-Biography:He was born at the Château of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Bellay, Lord of Gonnor, first cousin of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.Both his parents...
, Les RegretsThe RegretsThe Regrets is a collection of poetry by the French Renaissance poet Joachim du Bellay, published in 1555. The 191 sonnets that make up this work are written using alexandrines. These poems express the disappointment he experienced as a result of his travel to Italy from 1533 to 1537...
, FranceFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:... - Jean Antoine de Baïf, Les Amours de Francine
- Louise LabéLouise LabéLouise Labé, , also identified as La Belle Cordière, , was a female French poet of the Renaissance, born at Lyon, the daughter of a rich ropemaker, Pierre Charly, and his second wife, Etiennette Roybet...
, Œuvres complètes ("Complete Works"), including her prose "Débat de Folie et d'Amour", three elegies and 24 sonnets (one in Italian), as well as 24 poems in her honor by others; published by the noted Lyon printer, Jean de Tournes; the first edition ran through two printings; reprinted again in 1556, with spelling corrections; her sonnets have been often republished and translated - Jacques Peletier du MansJacques Peletier du MansJacques Pelletier du Mans, also spelled Peletier, in Latin: Peletarius , was a humanist, poet and mathematician of the French Renaissance....
, L'Art poetique ("The Art of Poetry"), FrenchFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
criticism - Pierre de RonsardPierre de RonsardPierre de Ronsard was a French poet and "prince of poets" .-Early life:...
:- Les Hymnes, addresses and panegyrics
- Les Amours de Marie
- La Continuation des Amours
- Pontus de TyardPontus de TyardPontus de Tyard was a French poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade".He was born at Bissy-sur-Fley in Burgundy, of which he was seigneur, but the exact year of his birth is uncertain. He became a friend of Antoine Héroet and Maurice Scève...
, Livre des vers lyriques - Jean Vauquelin de la FresnayeJean Vauquelin de la FresnayeJean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye was a French poet born at the château of La Fresnaye-au-Sauvage in Normandy in 1536....
, Foresteries
Great BritainEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- John HeywoodJohn HeywoodJohn Heywood was an English writer known for his plays, poems, and collection of proverbs. Although he is best known as a playwright, he was also active as a musician and composer, though no works survive.-Life:...
, Two Hundred Epigrammes (see also An Hundred Epigrammes 15501550 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Charles Bansley, The Pride of Women* Robert Crowley, One and Thyrtye Epigrammes...
; A Fourth Hundred of Epigygrams 15601560 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Pierre Ronsard becomes court poet to Charles IX of France...
, Works 15621562 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:* Thomas Brice, Against Filthy Writing, and Such Like Delighting... - Mirror for MagistratesMirror for MagistratesMirror for Magistrates is a collection of English poems from the Tudor period by various authors which retell the lives and the tragic ends of various historical figures.-Background:...
, anthology of poems about great historical figures of England, first edition; published by John Weyland, who was apparently denied a license to publish by the Lord Chancellor Stephen GardinerStephen GardinerStephen Gardiner was an English Roman Catholic bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England.-Early life:...
, effectively suppressing the work and putting Weyland out of business (the book was revived and published in 15591559 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* The Catholic Church creates the first Index Librorum Prohibitorum,...
, third edition 15631563 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-England:* Anonymous, The Courte of Venus, publication year conjectural, revised from the 1538 edition, with several other ballads...
, fourth edition 15741574 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:* Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, La Muse chrétienne, a theoretical work that advocates a Christian poetry; published along with several didactic poems, including Judith, Uranie and Le...
, another edition 16101610 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Ben Jonson receives a royal pension, making him unofficially the first British Poet Laureate-Great Britain:...
) - Henry ParkerHenry ParkerSir Henry Watson Parker, KCMG was Premier of New South Wales. He fitted into colonial society and politics in the pre-responsible government era, but his style was not suited to the democratic politics that began to develop in 1856.-Biography:Parker was the son of Thomas Watson Parker of Lewisham,...
, eighth Baron Morley, The Truyumphes of Fraunces Petrarke, publication year uncertain; translated from the ItalianItalian poetry-Important Italian poets:* Giacomo da Lentini a 13th Century poet who is believed to have invented the sonnet.* Guido Cavalcanti Tuscan poet, and a key figure in the Dolce Stil Novo movement....
of PetrarchPetrarchFrancesco Petrarca , known in English as Petrarch, was an Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest humanists. Petrarch is often called the "Father of Humanism"...
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- Girolamo FracastoroGirolamo FracastoroGirolamo Fracastoro was an Italian physician, poet, and scholar in mathematics, geography and astronomy. Fracastoro subscribed to the philosophy of atomism, and rejected appeals to hidden causes in scientific investigation....
, also known as "Fracastorius", Collected Works, including poems and Naugerius, criticsm
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Heinrich MeibomHeinrich Meibom (poet)Heinrich Meibom , German historian and poet, was born at Barntrup in Westphalia.He held the chair of history and poetry at Helmstedt from 1583 until his death...
(died 16251625 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Thomas Heywood:...
), German historian and poet - KeshavdasKeshavdasKeshavdas was a Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet, best known for his Rasik Priya, a pioneering work of the riti kaal of Hindi literature.-Life:...
(died 16171617 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-Great Britain:* John Davies, published anonymously, Wits Bedlam, epigrams...
), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet - François de MalherbeFrançois de MalherbeFrançois de Malherbe was a French poet, critic, and translator.-Life:Born in Le-Locheur , his family was of some position, though it seems not to have been able to establish to the satisfaction of heralds the claims which it made to nobility older than the 16th century.He was the eldest son of...
born (died 16281628 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Clavell, A Recantation of an Ill Led Life; or, A Discoverie of the High-way Law...
), FrenchFrench poetryFrench poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:... - Israel ben Moses NajaraIsrael ben Moses NajaraIsrael ben Moses Najara was a Jewish liturgical poet, preacher, Biblical commentator, kabbalist, and rabbi of Gaza.- Biography :...
born about this year (died c. 16251625 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Thomas Heywood:...
), HebrewHebrew poetryHebrew poetry is poetry written in the Hebrew language. It encompasses such things as:* Biblical poetry, the poetry found in the poetic books of the Hebrew Bible* Piyyut, religious Jewish liturgical poetry in Hebrew or Aramaic...
poet in Palestine - Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer, also known as Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino (died 16151615 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave...
), Slovak - Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la VegaGabriel Lobo Lasso de la VegaGabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega was a Castilian poet, playwright, and historian of the Spanish Golden Age.De la Vega came from a minor noble family, the Counts of Puertollano. He studied under the epic poet Alonso de Ercilla from 1571 to 1572. He was a king's guardsman under Philip II and Philip III...
(died 16151615 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Andrewes, The Anatomie of Basenesse; or, The Foure Quarters of a Knave...
), Castilian SpanishSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature....
poet, playwright and historian
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Sir David LindsayDavid LyndsaySir David Lyndsay of the Mount, was a Scottish Lord Lyon and poet of the 16th century, whose works reflect the spirit of the Renaissance.-Biography:...
(born 1490), Scottish