1370s in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
1374:- April 23 – English writer Geoffrey Chaucer is granted a gallon of wine a day for the rest of his life by order of King Edward III of England in recognition of his services.
Works published
1375:- Barbour composes The Brus under the probable commission of Robert II in Scotland. The poem is an innovative blend of vernacular romance and chronicle genres.
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:1370:
- Andrea da Barberino, Italian writer and poet
- John Lydgate, English monk and poet
- Felip de Malla, Catalan prelate, theologian, scholastic, orator, classical scholar, and poet
- Andreu Febrer, Catalan Spanish translator of the Divine Comedy
- Nund Reshi, Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:1370:
- Vedanta Desika, poet, devotee, philosopher and master-teacher
- Seán Mór Ó Dubhagáin, Irish poet
- Gao Qi, Chinese poet of the Ming dynasty
- Petrarch, Italian scholar, poet and one of the earliest Renaissance humanists
- Chūgan Engetsu, Japanese poet, occupies a prominent place in Japanese Literature of the Five Mountains
- Guillaume de Machaut French poet and composer, perhaps the most influential composer of the Middle Ages