1521 in poetry
This article covers 1521 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
-- Lines 12-21, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng" by John Skelton. The poem is thought to have been first published this year.
Works published
- Anonymous,
- Anonymous, Christmas Carols, including "" and ""
- Alexander Barclay, The Boke of Codrus and Mynalcas, the author's "Fourth Eclog"
- Henry Bradshaw, The Life of St. Werburgh
- Andrew Chertsey, The Passyon of Oure Lorde, translated from French with additional verses interspersed in the text
- Robert Copland, English:
- * Introductory poem to The Passyon of Our Lorde, London: Wynkyn de Worde
- * Introductory verse to The Myrrour & the Chyrche, London: Wynkyn de Worde
- Marko Marulić, Judita, Croatian poem, a landmark in Croatian literature, printed in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto on August 13, and published three times during the author's life
- John Skelton, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng", publication year uncertain
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Anne Askew born about this year, also spelled "Anne Ayscough", English poet and Protestant martyr who was persecuted as a heretic; the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake
- Sir Thomas Chaloner the elder, English
- Jorge de Montemayor, year uncertain, Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish
- Pontus de Tyard born about this year, French, poet and priest, a member of "La Pléiade"
- Song Tŏkpong, Korean poet
- Xu Wei, Chinese painter, poet and dramatist