1480s in poetry

Events

• Robert Henryson's cycle The Morall Fabillis probably composed in the 1480s; earliest datable manuscripts of John Barbour's Scottish chivalric epic, Brus, also in this decade.

Works published

• Luigi Pulci, Morgante, a 23-canto version ; Italy

• Luigi Pulci, Morgante, a 23-canto version ; Italy

• Geoffrey Chaucer, English, all posthumously published:
• * The House of Fame, edited by William Caxton, an unfinished dream-poem; Caxton wrote the 12-line conclusion
• * Troilus and Criseyde, published anonymously, publication year uncertain
• John Gower, Confessio Amantis, written about 1390
• Jami, Yusuf u Zulaikha, Persian
• John Lydgate,, written at the request of Henry V of England; a very popular poem, with many manuscript copies extant in modern times; Great Britain
• Luigi Pulci, Morgante, sometimes also called Morgante Maggiore published in final form this year ; Italy

• Shin Maha Rahtathara, Bhuridat Lingagyi, Burma

• Alaoddoule Bakhtishah Samarqandi Daulatshah, Tazkerat Osh-sho-Ara, Persian literary history
• Blind Harry, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, also known as The Wallace, long "romantic biographical" poem, probably created and published some time in the decade up to this year

• Sogi, Poem of One Hundred Links Composed by Three Poets at Minase, Japan

• François Villon, Le Grant Testament Villon et le petit. Son codicille. Le jargon & ses ballades, this was the first publication of various poems of the author, although some are incomplete; includes Poems 1-6 of his "Ballades en jargon"Paris: Pierre Levet, France

Births

• Pir Sultan Abdal, Ottoman Empire
• Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490, Italian, Latin-language poet; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490
• Giovanni Cotta, born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Giovanni Guidiccioni, Italian
• Riccardo Sbruglio, born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop, Latin prose writer and Polish-language poet often considered one of Poland's greatest humanist writers
• Bernardim Ribeiro, Portuguese
• Matthias Ringmann, German cartographer and humanist poet
• Antonio Tilesio, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Mavro Vetranović, Croatian writer, poet and Benedictine friar

• November 10 - Martin Luther, German Protestant leader and hymn-writer
• Benet Burgh, English translator
• Fuzûlî , Ottoman Empire
• Aurelio Casellio, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Andrea Navagero, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Jón Arason, Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet
• Purandara Dasa, Hindu composer of Carnatic music and Kannada poetry
• Niklaus Manuel, Swiss, German-language poet
• Giulio Cesare Scaligero,, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Paul Speratus, German
• Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss theologian, priest, poet, and writer

• November 30 - Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, stateswoman and political leader born in Lombardy
• Hanibal Lucić, Croatian poet and playwright
• Nikolaus Decius, German
• Marco Girolamo Vida born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Pedro Manuel Jiménez de Urrea,, Spanish Renaissance poet and playwright

• Petar Hektorović, Croatian writer, poet and collector

• January 6 - Helius Eobanus Hessus, German, Latin poet
• Ulrich von Hutten, German
• Michael Weiße, German theologian and hymn writer
• Yang Shen, Chinese poet

• Francesco Maria Molza, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Thomas Müntzer, German
• Rupa Goswami, Hindu devotional teacher, poet, and philosopher

Deaths

• December 14 - Niccolò Perotti, also known as "Perotto" or "Nicolaus Perottus" Italian humanist, translator, author of one of the first modern Latin school grammars, and Latin-language poet
• Giovanni Mario Filelfo, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Probable date - Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, Welsh poet writing in English, the first known to do so
• Approximate date - Raffaele Zovenzoni, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Ikkyū, eccentric, iconoclastic Japanese Zen Buddhist priest and poet
• Approximate date - Narsinh Mehta, alternate spelling: Narasingh Mehta, Indian, Gujarati-language Hindu poet-saint notable as a bhakta, an exponent of Hindu devotional religious poetry; acclaimed as Adi Kavi of Gujarat, where he is especially revered

• - Bonino Mombrizio, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Anthony Woodville, English poet and translator
• Approximate date - Richard Holland, Scottish cleric and poet

• August 24 - Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noblewoman and writer
• November 11 - Luigi Pulci, Italian poet and diplomat
• Paolo Marsi, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Lorenzo Lippi da Colle, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Ōta Dōkan, Japanese samurai warrior-poet, military tactician and Buddhist monk; said to have been a skilled poet, but only fragments of his verse survive

• Andronico Callisto, died sometime after 1487, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Antonio Geraldini, Italian, Latin-language poet