1550 in poetry
This article covers 1550 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
Great Britain">English poetry">Great Britain
- Charles Bansley, The Pride of Women
- Robert Crowley, One and Thyrtye Epigrammes
- John Heywood, An Hundred Epigrammes
- William Langland, Piers Plowman, the B text
- Sir Thomas Wyatt, ''Pentential Psalms''
France">French poetry">France
- Joachim du Bellay, Musagnoeomachie
- Pierre de Ronsard:
- * Bocage
- * Odes, the first four books
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- 12 April - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier, playwright, poet, sportsman, patron of numerous writers, and sponsor of at least two acting companies
- Also:
- * Baothghalach Mór Mac Aodhagáin, Irish poet part of the Mac Aodhagáin clan
- * Kasper Miakskowski, Polish
- * Alexander Montgomerie, Scottish
- * Mikolaj Sep Szarzynski born about this year, Polish
- * Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, rabbi, poet and Torah commentator
- * Richard Rowlands, Anglo-Dutch antiquarian and writer
- * Cristóbal de Virués, Spanish playwright and poet
- Syed Sultan, Bengali poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February - Marcantonio Flaminio, Italian, Latin-language poet
- June 2 - Guillaume Bigot, French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin
- June 12 - Cristobal de Castillejo, Spanish
- June 13 - Veronica Gambara, Italian poet, stateswoman and political leader
- November 7 - Jón Arason, Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet, executed
- Also:
- * Pir Sultan Abdal, Ottoman Empire
- * Nicholas Bourbon, French court preceptor and poet
- * Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat and grammarian