1543 in poetry

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

Events

Juan Boscan and Garcilaso de la Vega, Las obras de Boscan y alqunas de Garcilaso de la Vega, published posthumously, Spain
John Hardyng, Chronicle, contains a version of the quest for the Holy Grail; a minor source for Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur of 1485; published posthumously, England
Clément Marot, Théodore de Bèze and Pierre Certon La Forme des Prieres et Chantz ecclesiastiques, an edition of the Geneva Psalter; Marot moved to Geneva, Switzerland this year and was commissioned by John Calvin to create rhymed versions of all the Psalms; Marot being unable to complete the work, the effort was continued by Bèze; Switzerland, French-language

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

October - Sir Edward Dyer, English courtier and poet
October 23 - Juan de la Cueva, Spanish poet and playwright
Also:
* Louis Bellaud, French
* Sherefxan Bidlisi, Iranian Kurdish historian, writer and poet
* Juan de la Cueva, Spanish dramatist and poet
* Thomas Deloney, English novelist and balladist
* Simon Goulart Swiss, French-language clergyman, writer and poet
* Sebastian Grabowiecki born about this year, Polish
* Bartosz Paprocki, Polish and Czech writer, historiographer, translator, and poet
* Siôn Phylip, Welsh language poet
* Gosvāmī Tulsīdās, also spelled "Tulasī Dāsa" or "Tulsidas"; another source gives his birth year as 1532, Indian Hindu religious poet
* Antonio Veneziano, Italian poet who wrote in the Sicilian language

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

date not known - Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" died this year or in 1542, German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet
Marcello Palingenio Stellato,, Italian, Latin-language poet