1508 in poetry
This article covers 1508 in poetry.
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Works published
Scotland">Scottish poetry">Scotland
- Anonymous, Golagros and Gawain, a Middle Scots romance written in the late 15th century in alliterative metre; based on two episodes from the First Continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal
- Andrew Cadiou, Porteous of Nobleness, a Scots version of Alain Chartier's Le Breviaire des Nobles
- William Dunbar:
- * The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, and Other Poems, a fragmentary text of The Flyting, to which is added two short poems, attributed to Henryson, and by an anonymous author
- * The Golden Targe
- Henry the Minstrel, also known as Blind Harry, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, publication year uncertain; written c. 1478 in Scots verse, supposedly derived from a Latin original; one of the most popular works of Scottish poetry of this era
- Robert Henryson, Orpheus and Eurydice, published anonymously, publication year uncertain
- Richard Holland, Buke of the Howlat, publication year uncertain; written c. 1450, in the poem an assembly of birds hears the Owl bitterly complaining against Dame Nature for making him ugly
- John Lydgate, ''The Complaint of the Black Knight''
Other
- William Hendred, The Pylgrymage of Man, London, Great Britain
- Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Concorde du genre humain, Walloon poet published in France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 3 - Jean Daurat also spelled "Jean Dorat"; Latin name: "Auratus", French poet and scholar, member of La Pléiade
- Marin Držić, also known as "Marino Darza" and "Marino Darsa", Croatian dramatist, author and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 4 - Conrad Celtes, German and Latin-language poet
- May 13 - Martial d'Auvergne, French poet
- Pietro Antonio Piatti, Italian, Latin-language poet