1653 in poetry
This article covers 1653 in poetry. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.
Works published
- Margaret Cavendish, Lady Newcastle, Poems, and Fancies, prose and poetry
- An Collins, Divine Songs and Meditacions
- William Davenant, A Discourse upon Gondibert, an heroick poem, a philosophical preface to his epic poem Gondibert, third edition, with this one including "Certain Verses, written by severall of the author’s friends"
- Richard Flecknoe, translator, Miscellania; or, Poems of all Sorts, prose and poetry
- Henry Lawes, Ayeres and Dialogues
- Sir Thomas Urquhart, The First Book of the Works of Mr Francis Rabelais, Doctor in Physick, published anonymously; verse translation from the French of François Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel; Second Book also published this year
- George Wither, ''The Dark Lantern''
Births
Death years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- August 9 - John Oldham, English satirical poet
- Thomas d'Urfey, English writer of plays, songs, poetry and jokes
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding " in poetry" article:- February 13 - Georg Rudolf Weckherlin, German poet and diplomat
- October 15 - Piaras Feiritéar, Irish poet and rebel
- October 26 - Honorat de Porchères Laugier, French poet
- November - Jacques de Serisay, French poet and founding director of the Académie française
- December - John Taylor, English "waterman poet"
- William Basse died this year or 1654, English poet
- Marusia Churai, semi-mythical Ukrainian Baroque composer, poet and singer