1619 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Events
- April - English poet Ben Jonson visits Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden.
- c. October - Following the death of Samuel Daniel, Ben Jonson becomes Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of England.
- Martin Opitz becomes the leader of the school of young poets in Heidelberg.
Works published
- Richard Braithwaite, writing under the pen name "Musophilus", A New Spring Shadowed in Sundry Pithie Poems
- Sir John Davies, Nosce Teipsum
- Michael Drayton, Idea
- Henry Hutton, Follie's Anatomie; or, Satyres and Satiricall Epigrams
- George Wither, ''Fidelia''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 21 - Anders Bording, Danish poet and journalist
- March 6 - Cyrano de Bergerac, French soldier and poet
- Moses Belmonte, Spanish polyglot poet and translator
- Bedřich Bridel, Czech baroque writer, poet and missionary
- William Chamberlayne, English poet, playwright, physician and Royalist soldier
- Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher, poet and prose writer
- Shalom Shabazi, Jewish poet of Yemen
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- April 21 - Shlomo Ephraim Luntschitz, Polish rabbi, poet and Torah commentator
- October 14 - Samuel Daniel, English Poet Laureate and historian
- Frei Agostinho da Cruz, brother of Diogo Bernardes, Portuguese
- Probable year - Ginés Pérez de Hita, Spanish novelist and poet