1563 in poetry

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

Events

February 14 - French poet Pierre de Bocosel de Chastelard is discovered hiding under the bed of Mary, Queen of Scots. He is executed about a week later.

Works published

England">English poetry">England

Anonymous, The Courte of Venus, publication year conjectural, revised from the 1538 edition, with several other ballads
Barnabe Googe, Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonettes (sources disagree on the year of publication; another source gives the year as 1562

Italy">Italian poetry">Italy

Antonio Sebastiano Minturno, L'arte poetica, criticism
Giangiorgio Trissino, La poetica, Books 5-6, Italy

Other

José de Anchieta, De Gestis Mendi de Saa, printed in Coimbra; written about 1560; Spanish in Brazil
Pierre de Ronsard, Trois livres du recueil de nouvelles poesies, France, criticism

Births

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

Michael Drayton, England
Heo Nanseolheon, Korean scholar and poet who also wrote in Chinese, a woman
Pierre Matthieu, French playwright, poet and historian
Josuah Sylvester, England

Deaths

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

March 19 - Arthur Brooke, English poet whose only known work is The Tragicall History of Romeus and Juliet, considered to be William Shakespeare's chief source for his famous play Romeo and Juliet
May 21 - Martynas Mažvydas, author and editor of the first printed book in the Lithuanian language, including the first poetry
August 18 - Étienne de La Boétie, French political philosopher and sonnet writer
William Baldwin, English
Tani Soyo 谷宗養 died, Japanese renga poet; a rival of Satomura Joha; son of Tani Sobuko