Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
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Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto (; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic ''Orlando Furioso'' (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's ''Orlando Innamorato'', describes the ...
begins work on his ''
Orlando Furioso
''Orlando furioso'' (; ''The Frenzy of Orlando'', more loosely ''Raging Roland'') is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was no ...
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Works published
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Publio Fausto Andrelini, ''
Eclogues'', full of proverbial expressions
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William Dunbar, ,
Scotland[Trager, James, ''The People's Chronology'', New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979]
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Stephen Hawes
Stephen Hawes (died 1523) was a popular English poet during the Tudor period who is now little known.
Life
He was probably born in Suffolk when the surname was common. If his own statement of his age may be trusted, he was born about 1474. He ...
, ''The Passtyme of Pleasure'' (completed, approximate date),
England
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Niccolò Machiavelli, ''
The First Decade'' (''Decennale primo''),
Italy[David, Wootton, ''Selected Political Writings by Niccolò Machiavelli'', p. 37]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "
earin poetry" article:
*February –
George Buchanan (died
1582
1582 ( MDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) in the Julian calendar, and a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Proleptic Gregorian calendar. This year saw the be ...
),
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
historian, scholar, humanist and poet
*Approximate date –
Hwang Jini (died c.
1560
Year 1560 ( MDLX) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 7 – In the Kingdom of Scotland, French troops commanded by Henri Cleutin and ...
),
Korean poet
Deaths
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earin poetry" article:
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Mihri Hatun
Mihri Hatun, also known as Lady Mihri and Mihri Khatun (born ca. 1460 – died 1506 AD; مهری خاتون), was an Ottoman poet. She was the daughter of a ''kadi'' (an Ottoman judge) and according to sources she spent most of her life in and nea ...
(born ''unknown''), female
Ottoman poet
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Johannes von Soest
Johannes Steinwert von Soest (''Johannes de Susato'') (1448 – 2 May 1506) was a German composer, theorist and poet. Most biographical details about his life survive in Johannes' verse autobiography, which was printed in 1811 (although the manus ...
(born
1448
Year 1448 ( MCDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 6 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, dies with ...
), German composer, theorist and poet
See also
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Poetry
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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 ...
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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'' ...
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French Renaissance literature
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Grands Rhétoriqueurs
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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, ...
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Spanish Renaissance literature
Notes
{{Lists of poets
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