1513 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Gavin Douglas completed the Eneados, a complete Scots translation of Virgil's Aeneid and the first full and faithful translation into any Germanic language of a major poem from classical antiquity.
- John Skelton appointed Poet Laureate by Henry VIII of England
Works published
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- Anonymous, Ars amatoria, translated from the Latin of Ovid's Art of Love
- John Lydgate, published anonymously, Troy Book, verse paraphrase of Guido delle Colonne's Historia destructionis Troiae of 1287, in turn a Latin prose translation of the Roman de Troie of Benoit de Sainte-Maure
- John Skelton, published anonymously, celebrating the defeat of the Scots at Flodden
Other
- Mallanarya of Gubbi, Bhava Chintaratna, India
- Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, Strozii poëtae pater et filius, his complete works together with works of his son; published by Aldus Manutius, Italy
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- December 23 - Sir Thomas Smith, English scholar, diplomat and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January - Hans Folz, German Meistersinger
- Henry Bradshaw, English
- Robert Fabyan, English chronicler and sheriff
- Bartolomeo Fonzio, Italian, Latin-language poet
- Naldo Naldi died about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet