1641 in poetry
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Events
- Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier presented Guirlande de Julie, a manuscript of 41 madrigals to Julie d'Angennes this year ; five of the madrigals were written by Sainte-Maure; the other authors were Georges de Scudéry, Germain Habert, Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Valentin Conrart, Chapelain, Racan, Tallemant des Réaux, Antoine Godeau, Robert Arnauld d'Andilly and Simon Arnauld de Pomponne; France
Works published
Great Britain">English poetry">Great Britain
- Thomas Beedome, Poems Divine, and Humane
- John Day, The Parliament of Bees, verse drama, first known edition, published posthumously
- Martin Parker, The Poet's Blind Mans Bough; or, Have Among You My Blind Harpers
- Sir Thomas Urquhart, Epigrams: Divine and Moral
- George Wither, Haleluiah; or, Britans ''Second Remembrancer''
Other
- Marie de Gournay, also known as Marie le Jars, demoiselle de Gournay, Les Avis et presents, including a feminist tract, translations, moral essays and verse; second revision, France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 4 - Jerolim Kavanjin, Croatian poet
- April 8 - William Wycherley, English playwright and poet
- June 15 - Bernard de la Monnoye, French lawyer, poet, philologue and critic
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- January 11 - Juan de Jáuregui, Spanish poet, scholar and painter
- August 16 - Thomas Heywood, English playwright, actor, poet and author
- August - Sir William Vaughan, Welsh writer, poet and colonial investor
- Francesca Caccini, Italian early Baroque composer, singer, lutenist, poet and music teacher
- Arthur Johnston, Scottish poet and physician