1490s in poetry
This article covers 1490s in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
1491:- Immanuel of Rome, Mahberot Imanu'el, published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy
- Savonarola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy
- Jorge Manrique, Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre, Spanish lyric poem
- Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Mizan al-Awzan, Turkish poems
- John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, 36,000-line poem translated c. 1431-1438 from the De casibus illustrium virorum of Boccaccio, posthumously published
- Shin Maha Rahtathara, Bhuridat Zatpaung Pyo, Burmese poem
- Sebastian Brant, Das Narrenschiff, much-translated satire, year of publication disputed, German
- Matteo Maria Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato, epic poem, Italy
- Juan del Encina, Cancionero, one-act Spanish verse drama and poetry
- Gyssaub Vaeze Kashefi, Aklake Mohseni, prose and verse, Persian
- Shin Maha Rahtathara, Tada uti Mawgun, Burmese poetry collection
- John Lydgate, published anonymously, The Siege of Thebes, publication year uncertain, adapted c. 1421-1422 from an unknown French prose romance, posthumously published
- Jacob Locher, Das Narrenschiff, a translation, sometimes loose, into Latin from the original German of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant
- Paul Riviere, a translation into French of Das Narrenschiff by Sebastian Brant, from the original German
- Hinrek van Alkmaar, Reinke de Vos, animal epic poem, Netherlands
- Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Char Divan, lyric poems Chagatai Turkish
- John Skelton, published anonymously, The Bouge of Court, publication year uncertain, written in 1488; a satirical dream-allegory about court life
- Gilber Hay publishes The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, part of The Buik of Alexander romance stories
- Pierre Gringore, Chasteau de Labour, printed by Antoine Vérard, France
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:1490:
- April - Vittoria Colonna, Italian
- 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
- Juan Boscan, original Catalan name: "Joan Boscà Almogàver", born about this year, Catalan poet who wrote in Spanish
- Cristobal de Castillejo born about this year, Spanish
- Sir David Lindsay, Scottish
- Jean Salmon Macrin, French, Latin-language poet
- Francesco Pittiani, born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Giuseppe Sporeni, born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- November 8 - Teofilo Folengo,, Italian poet who wrote in Italian, Latin and a Macaronic style mixing the two
- Bach Van, also known as "Nguyen Bin Khiem", Vietnamese poet
- Latifî, also known as Kastamonulu Latifî Çelebi, Ottoman poet and bibliographer
- Mellin de Saint-Gelais, French poet of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France
- Pietro Aretino, Italian poet and playwright
- Antoine Héroët, poète et clerc français, mort vers 1567.
- Marguerite de Navarre, also known as "Marguerite of Angoulême" and "Margaret of Navarre", French queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre; patron of humanists and reformers, author, playwright and poet
- September 28 - Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian
- Anna Bijns, Dutch
- Ján Silván, Slovak
- Bernardo Tasso, Italian
1495:
- March 6 - Luigi Alamanni, Italian poet and statesman
- Francisco Sa de Miranda, Portuguese
- Fuzûlî, also known as "Mehmed ibn Suleyman", Turkish
- Suleiman the Magnificent born about this year, Ottoman Empire sultan and poet
- November 23 - Clément Marot, French
- Lazare de Baïf, French poet, diplomat and humanist
- Lorenzo Gambara, born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Richard Maitland, Scottish
- Girolamo Muzio, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Nawade I, Burmese
- Adam Reusner born sometime from 1471 to this year, German
- Johann Walter, German poet and composer
- Lu Zhi, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet
- August 13 - Tulsidas, Indian saint and poet
- Francesco Berni born about this year, according to some sources, others say 1498, Italian writer and poet
- Philipp Melanchthon, German professor, theologian and poet
- Francesco Berni born this year, according to some sources, others say he was born about 1497, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Huang O, Chinese poet
- Marcantonio Flaminio, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Meerabai मीराबाई, alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India
- Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word", German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:1490:
- Giovanni Michele Alberto Carrara, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Alessandro Cortesi, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Dafydd Gorlech, Welsh language poet
- Gómez Manrique, Spanish poet, soldier, politician and dramatist
- Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hÚigínn, Irish poet and Ollamh Érenn
- Francesco Rolandello, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Martino Filetico, Italian, Latin-language poet
1492:
- November 6 - Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet
- Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel",, Scottish makar
- Jami, Persian scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and Sufi poet
- Alfonso de Palencia, Castilian pre-Renaissance historian, writer, and poet
- Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan
- Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ on his death year, with some simply stating this year and others stating this year and 1495 are each possible, born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet
- Guto'r Glyn, approximate date, Welsh language poet
- November 17 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Renaissance humanist and Italian, Latin-language poet
- December 20 - Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet
- Galeotto Marzio, died this year or 1497, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Angelo Poliziano,, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ in his death year, with some simply giving 1493 and others stating that either that year or this year is possible, Italian, Latin-language poet
- C. Aurelio Cambini died sometime after 1494, Italian, Latin-language poet
1497:
- Galeotto Marzio died this year or 1494, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque, Spanish poet
- Diego de San Pedro, Castilian writer and poet
- Cristoforo Landino, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Conor Carragh Ó Curnín, Irish poet
- Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco died about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Probo de Marianis, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Jeronim Vidulić, Croatian Renaissance poet