1542 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.

Events

French poet Louise Labe disguised herself as a knight and fought at the siege of Perpignan

Robert Burdet (poet),, a reply to, published anonymously in 1541
Edward Gosynhyll,, publication year uncertain; a reply to, published anonymously in 1541 ; Great Britain
John Leland, Naeniae in mortem Thomai Viati, neo-Latin poems on the death of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, Great Britain

John Calvin, versifier, with Guillaume Franc's music, Geneva Psalter, a new revised edition, first published 1539 and several subsequent revisions in later years; Franc, cantor and music teacher in Geneva, Switzerland, contributed numerous tunes for this edition including Psalm 6, 8, 19, 22, 24, and 38, Swiss, French-language work published in Geneva
Antoine Héroët, La parfaicte amye, avec plusieurs aultres compositions dudict autheur, Lyon: Etienne Dolet, France

Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

June 24 - St. John of the Cross, in Spanish: "San Juan de la Cruz", born "Juan de Yepes Alvarez",, Spanish mystic, poet, writer, Carmelite friar and priest, who was a major figure of the Catholic Reformation
December - Catherine Des Roches. also known as "Catherine Fradonnet", French writer and poet; daughter of Madeleine Des Roches, the two hosted a literary circle which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe
date not known - Thomas Newton (poet) born about this year, English physician, poet and translator

Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:

September 21 - Juan Boscan, original Catalan name: "Joan Boscà Almogàver", Catalan poet who wrote in Spanish
October 11 - Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, English
date not known - Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" died this year or in 1543, German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet
date not known - Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Indian poet who wrote in the Avadhi dialect of Hindi