1616 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- February 1 - King James I of England grants Ben Jonson an annual pension of 100 marks, making him de facto poet laureate.
Works published
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- William Browne, Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke
- George Chapman, translator:
- * The Divine Poem of Musaeus. First of all Books, translated from Musaeus', De Herone et Leandro
- * The Whole Works of Homer, publication year uncertain
- Ben Jonson:
- * To Celia
- * On my first Sonne
- * The Workes of Beniamin Ionson
- Robert Southwell, S.J., S. Peters Complaint. And Saint Mary Magdalens Funerall Teares, "By R.S. of the Society of Jesus"
Other
- Agrippa d'Aubigné, Les Tragiques, France
- Georg Rudolf Weckherlin, Odes and Songs, Germany
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 13 - Joseph Beaumont, English clergyman, academic and poet
- July 10 - Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor and poet
- October 11 - Andreas Gryphius, German poet and dramatist
- Also:
- * Christen Aagaard, Danish poet and professor
- * Johann Klaj, German poet
- * Sokuhi Nyoitsu, Chinese Buddhist monk, poet and calligrapher
- * Ye Xiaoluan, Chinese poet and daughter of poet Shen Yixiu; her sisters, Ye Wanwan and Ye Xiaowan were also poets
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- March 6 - Francis Beaumont, English playwright and poet
- March 18 - Cornelis Ketel, Dutch Mannerist painter, poet and orator
- April 22 - Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet and playwright
- April 23 - William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language