1544 in poetry
This article covers 1544 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Vittoria Colonna, Canzoniere, lyric poems—mostly sonnets, but also canzoni and capitoli in terza rima, keeping to classical Petrarchan style; the first section refers to her late husband, the second to religion and morals; a fourth edition of her amatory and elegiac poems, including a larger proportion of pious works, published in Venice; Italy
- Bonaventure des Périers, Recueil des Œuvres de feu Bonaventure des Périers, including his poems, published following his suicide, in Lyon, France
- Clément Marot, Œuvres, edition in definitive arrangement, in Lyon, France
- Maurice Scève, Délie, objet de plus haute vertu, lyric poetry, the first French canzoniere of love poems, inspired by the style of Petrarch, the poem dedicated to his young student, Pernette du Guillet; made up of 449 decasyllabic dizains and a prefatory huitain ; illustrated with 50 emblematic woodcuts; the work for which the author is best known; France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 11 - Torquato Tasso, Italian
- Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, French writer and poet
- George Turberville, also spelled "George Turbervile", born about this year, English poet and translator
- Also:
- * Giovanni Botero, Italian political theorist, priest, poet, and diplomat
- * Dadu Dayal, Indian Sant Mat, poet, and philosopher
- * Robert Garnier, French poet and playwright
- * Ginés Pérez de Hita born about this year, Spanish novelist and poet
- * José de Sigüenza, Spanish historian, poet and theologian
- * George Whetstone born about this year, English playwright, poet and author
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- September 12 - Clément Marot, French
- December 9 - Teofilo Folengo, Italian
- Antonius Arena, also known as "Antoine Arènes", jurist and poet
- Bonaventure des Périers, French author and poet