1503 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing ''Orlando Furioso''
Works published
- Anonymous, Sir Tryamour, publication year uncertain; written in the late 14th century
- William Dunbar, The Thrissil and the Rois, Scotland, a political allegory honoring Margaret Tudor, whose marriage to James IV of Scotland had been negotiated with the help of Dunbar
- Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Plainte du Désiré, Belgian Walloon poet living in and published in France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- June 28 - Giovanni della Casa, Italian poet and critic; Latin-language poet
- November 17 - Agnolo di Cosimo, better known as "Il Bronzino" or "Agnolo Bronzino", Italian Mannerist painter and poet
- Nicholas Bourbon in this year or 1505, French court preceptor and poet
- Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Spanish
- Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year, others say his birth year is either this year or 1502, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Garcilasco de la Vega, Spanish
- Thomas Wyatt, born about this year, English lyric poet and diplomat
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Antonio Bonfini, Italian humanist and poet
- Alessandro Braccesi, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Matteo Canale, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Gian Giacomo della Croce died this year or later, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Iovianus Pontanus, also known as Giovanni Gioviano Pontano,, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Annamacharya శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య, mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha ; husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma