1562 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- 18 January - First performance of Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville's play Gorboduc before Queen Elizabeth I of England. It is the first known English tragedy and the first English-language play to employ blank verse.
Works published
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- Thomas Brice, Against Filthy Writing, and Such Like Delighting
- Arthur Brooke, translation, The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet, a narrative poem, translated from the French version by Pierre Boaistuau of Matteo Bandello's story, "La sfortunata morte di dui infelicissimi manti", from Bandello's Novelle, 1554; Brooke's work is considered to be William Shakespeare's chief source for his play Romeo and Juliet.
- Barnabe Googe, Eglogs, Epytaphes and Sonettes
- John Heywood:
- * A Ballad Against Slander and Detraction
- * Woorkes, including the author's 600 previously published epigrams and his proverbs; the book proved popular, with new editions in 1566, 1576, 1587 and 1598.
- Thomas Phaer, The Nyne First Bookes of the Eneidos of Virgil, edited by W. Wightman
Other
- Francesco Berni Latin poems, Florence, Italy
- Maurice Scève, Microcosme, a long, cosmic, religious and scientific poem about the creation of man, his fate and his achievements; France
- Clément Marot and Theodore Beza, The Geneva Psalter, revised edition, with rhymed versions of all 150 Psalms for the first time; some earlier melodies were replaced; many of the lyrics were updated or replaced and all were written by Marot and De Bèze, Swiss, French-language work published in Geneva
- Torquato Tasso, Renaud, heroic poem, Italy
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 13 - Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier of fortune
- January 15 - Robert Tofte, English translator and poet
- January 20 - Ottavio Rinuccini, Italian poet, courtier and opera librettist
- August 26 - Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola, Spanish poet, writer and historian; brother of poet Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola
- November 25 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish poet and playwright
- Also:
- * Henry Constable, English poet
- * Samuel Daniel, English poet and historian
- * Alonso de Ledesma, born this year, according to many sources, or 1552, according to many others, Spanish
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- Nicholas Grimald, English poet and translator
- Georg Wickram, German poet and novelist