1583 in poetry

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

Events

Jean de Sponde, a Latin translation of Homer, with commentaries
Philippe Desportes, Dernièrs Amours, which increased the author's fame; France
Catherine Des Roches, also known as "Catherine Fradonnet", and her mother, Madeleine Des Roches, France:
* La Puce de Madame Des Roches
* Secondes Oeuvres, Poitiers: Nicolas Courtoys

Robert Greene, Mamillia (Part 2 published in 1593 Mamillia: The triumph of Pallas
William Hunnis, Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul
Richard Robinson, The Auncient Order, Societie, and Unitie Laudable, of Prince Arthure, and his Knightly Armory of the Round Table, translated from the French of La devise des armes des Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, a treatise on heraldry published in Paris in 1546; adapted by the author to advertise a popular society of archers, Prince Arthur and the London Round Table; Edmund Spenser's schoolmaster, Richard Mulcaster, was a member

March 3 - Edward Herbert, Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher
November 24 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet, scholar and painter
Robert Aylett, English lawyer and religious poet
William Basse, English
John Beaumont, poet
Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, philosopher, theologian, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet
Ishikawa Jozan 石川丈山, Japanese poet and intellectual
Francisco de Rioja, Spanish
Aurelian Townshend born about this year, English poet and playwright