1540 in poetry
This article covers 1540 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- Klemens Janicki is appointed poeta laureatus by the Pope
- Lazare de Baif travels with Pierre de Ronsard to Alsace, where they meet many northern humanists.
Works published
- Sir Thomas More, Lady Fortune, publication year uncertain
- Girolamo Schola, Capituli di M. Girolamo Schola sopra varii suggetti, publication year uncertain, Italian poems on various subjects, including hats, gypsies, geese, horses, mustard caps and sausages
- Tontada Siddhesavara, ''Shatsthala Jnanamrita''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 26 - Florent Chrestien, French satirist and Latin poet
- June 11 - Barnabe Googe, English
- Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, born about this year, French soldier, historian, biographer and poet
- Francisco de Terrazas, born about this year, Mexican
- Rhys Cain, Welsh language poet
- Frei Agostinho da Cruz, brother of Diogo Bernardes, Portuguese
- Mathias Holtzwart born about this year, German
- Jacob Regnart born sometime from this year to 1545, Flemish composer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- October 5 - Helius Eobanus Hessus (born 1488, German, Latin poet