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Irish
Irish may refer to:
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* Someone or something of, from, or related to:
** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe
***Éire, Irish language name for the isle
** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...
or
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
).
Events
*
Gavin Douglas
Gavin Douglas (c. 1474 – September 1522) was a Scottish bishop, makar and translator. Although he had an important political career, he is chiefly remembered for his poetry. His main pioneering achievement was the ''Eneados'', a full and fai ...
,
Scottish poet, writes , approximately this year (published about
1535
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Events
January–June
* January 18 – Lima, Peru, is founded by Francisco Pizarro, as '' Ciudad de l ...
); an allegory presented as a vision
[Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ]
*
Marko Marulić
Marko Marulić Splićanin (), in Latin Marcus Marulus Spalatensis (18 August 1450 – 5 January 1524), was a Croatian poet, lawyer, judge, and Renaissance humanist who coined the term "psychology". He is the national poet of Croatia. According to ...
,
Croatian poet, writes ''Judita'' ("Judith"), a landmark poem in Croatian literature; the book was not printed until
1521
1521 ( MDXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1521st year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 521st year of the 2nd millennium, the 21st year ...
in Venice by Guglielmo da Fontaneto; and published three times before the author's death in
1524
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Events
January–June
* January 17 – Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, on board '' La ...
Works published
*
Conradus Celtis
Conrad Celtes (german: Konrad Celtes; la, Conradus Celtis (Protucius); 1 February 1459 – 4 February 1508) was a Germans, German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet of the German Renaissance born in Franconia (nowadays part of Bavaria). He ...
, ''Ludus Diannae'', allegorical verse drama,
German
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**Ger ...
poet who wrote in
Latin
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[Kurian, George Thomas, ''Timetables of World Literature'', New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003, ]
*
Petrarch
Francesco Petrarca (; 20 July 1304 – 18/19 July 1374), commonly anglicized as Petrarch (), was a scholar and poet of early Renaissance Italy, and one of the earliest humanists.
Petrarch's rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited w ...
("Francesco Petrarca"), ''Le cose volgari'' influential edition of the author's Italian poems, edited by
Pietro Bembo
Pietro Bembo, ( la, Petrus Bembus; 20 May 1470 – 18 January 1547) was an Italian scholar, poet, and literary theorist who also was a member of the Knights Hospitaller, and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. As an intellectual of the It ...
, Venice:
Aldine Press
The Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics (Latin and Greek masterpieces, plus a few more modern works). The first book that was dat ...
,
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
, posthumous
Births
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ear
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in poetry" article:
*
Maurice Scève
Maurice Scève (c. 1501–c. 1564), was a French poet active in Lyon during the Renaissance period. He was the centre of the Lyonnese côterie that elaborated the theory of spiritual love, derived partly from Plato and partly from Petrarch. This ...
, born about this year (died c.
1564),
French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
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** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
poet
*
Garcilaso de la Vega (died
1536
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Events
January–June
* January – King Henry VIII of England suffers a leg injury during a jou ...
), Spanish soldier and poet
*
Basilio Zanchi, born about this year (died
1558
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Events
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* January 7 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, ...
/
59),
Italian
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*** Regional Ita ...
,
Latin
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-language poet
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ear
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in poetry" article:
* January 3 –
Ali-Shir Nava'i
'Ali-Shir Nava'i (9 February 1441 – 3 January 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAli-Shir Herawī ( Chagatai: نظام الدین علی شیر نوایی, fa, نظامالدین علیشیر نوایی) was a Timurid poet, writer ...
, also known as "Mir Alisher Navoï", (born c.
1441), philosopher and
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
-Uzbek poetry poet during the Timurid Renaissance
* September 26 –
Džore Držić
Džore Držić (; Italian: ''Giorgio Darsa'') (February 6, 1461 – September 26, 1501) was a poet and playwright, one of the fathers of Croatian literature.
This respectable citizen of Dubrovnik, the uncle of the greatest Croatian playwright Mari ...
(born
1461),
Croatian poet and playwright
* Also:
**
Gabriele Altilio Gabriele is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Surname
*Al Gabriele, American comic book artist
*Angel Gabriele (1956–2016), American comic book artist
* Corrado Gabriele (born 1966), Italian polit ...
(born
1436
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Events
January–December
* January 11 – Eric of Pomerania is deposed from the Swedish throne for the second t ...
),
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
,
Latin
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-language poet
[
** ]Amerigo Corsini
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People
* Amerigo Dumini (1894–1967), Italian fascist activist
* Amerigo Gazaway (born 1986), American musician
* Amerigo Paradiso (born 1962), Italian footballer
* Amerigo Petrucci (1922–1983), Italian politician
* Amerig ...
(born 1442
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Events
January–December
* March 18– 25 – Battle of Hermannstadt: John Hunyadi defeats an army of the ...
), Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
, Latin
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-language poet[
** ]Olivier de la Marche
Olivier de la Marche (1425–1502) was a courtier, soldier, chronicler and poet in the last decades of the independent Duchy of Burgundy. He was close to Charles the Bold, and after his death held the important position of maître d'hotel to his ...
died this year or 1502
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* January 1 – Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese explorers, led by Gonçal ...
(born 1426
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Events
* March 6 – Battle of St. James (near Avranches): An English army under John, Duke of Bedford, defeats the ...
), French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
poet and author[ "Olivier de la Marche" article, ''Catholic Encyclopedia'', 1914, retrieved April 19, 2009]
** Michael Marullus also known as "Michele Marullo
Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael.
Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...
"[ (born ]1453
Year 1453 ( MCDLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4 ...
,[ or about that year][), Italian, ]Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
-language poet[Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications]
** Jean Michel (born ''unknown''), French dramatic poet
See also
* Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...
* 16th century in poetry
Works published
* Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.
* The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry (including pre-Columbian works).
Births and deaths
England
* John Skelton (c. 1460–152 ...
* 16th century in literature
This article presents lists of literary events and publications in the 16th century.
Events
1501
**Italic type (cut by Francesco Griffo) is first used by Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in Venice, in an octavo edition of Virgil's ''Aeneid'' ...
* French Renaissance literature
French Renaissance literature is, for the purpose of this article, literature written in French (Middle French) from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to 1600, or roughly the period from the reign of Charles VIII of France to the ascension of H ...
* Grands Rhétoriqueurs
The grands rhétoriqueurs or simply the "rhétoriqueurs" is the name given to a group of poets from 1460 to 1520 (or from the generation of François Villon (no ''rhétoriqueur'' himself) to Clément Marot) working in Northern France, Flanders, and ...
* Renaissance literature
Renaissance literature refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance. The literature of the Renaissance was written within the general movement of the Renaissance, ...
* Spanish Renaissance literature
Spanish Renaissance literature is the literature written in Spain during the Spanish Renaissance during the 15th and 16th centuries. .
Overview
Political, religious, literary, and military relations between Italy and Spain from the second half o ...
Notes
{{Lists of poets
16th-century poetry
Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings i ...