1611 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works
- Richard Brathwaite, The Golden Fleece
- William Byrd, Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets; Some Solemne, Others Joyfull, verse and music
- George Chapman, The Iliads of Homer
- John Donne, An Anatomy of the World: Wherein, by occasion of the untimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drury the frailty and the decay of the whole world is represented, published anonymously; Elizabeth Drury was buried on December 17, 1610; written in hopes of securing the patronage of her father, Sir Robert Drury; in three parts: "To the Praise of the Dead and the Anatomy", "The Anatomy of the World", and "A funerall Elegie"
- King James Bible, the Authorized Version based on the Bishops' Bible of 1568 and associated with the Hampton Court Conference of 1604; about 50 revisers worked in six groups, two at Oxford University, two at Cambridge University and two at Westminster
- Emilia Lanier, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
- Edmund Spenser, first folio edition of the author's collected works
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Emblemata amatoria: afbeeldingen van minne, Dutch
Births
- September 1 – William Cartwright, English dramatist, poet and churchman
- October 1 – Mathias Balen, Dutch historian and poet
- October 26 – Antonio Coello, Spanish dramatist and poet
- Also:
- * Jean François Sarrazin, birth year uncertain, French satirist and poet
- * Sir Thomas Urquhart, Scottish writer, translator and poet
Deaths
- June 8 – Jean Bertaut, French
- March 11 – Giles Fletcher, the Elder, English poet and ambassador; father of Giles Fletcher the younger
- Also:
- * Sun Kehong, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet
- * Siméon-Guillaume de La Roque, French