16th century in poetry

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Centuries in poetry:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades in poetry:	1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century

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

German-language Swiss

Nicholas Manuel (1484–1530)

Italy

Benedetto Cariteo (1450–1514)^[4]
Teofilo Folengo (1491 – 1574)^[2]
Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533), also a Latin poet
Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)
Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), Cardinal and influential critic
Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547)
Gaspara Stampa (c. 1523–1554), woman poet
Antonio Sebastiano Minturno (1559–1565), writer and poet

Japan

Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 (1473–1549), the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shinto priest; said to have excelled in waka, renga, and in particular haikai
Hosokawa Fujitaka 細川藤孝, also known as Hosokawa Yūsai 細川幽斎 (1534–1610), a Sengoku period feudal warlord who was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga shōguns; father of Hosokawa Tadaoki, an Oda clan senior general; after the 1582 Incident at Honnō-ji, he took the Buddhist tonsure and changed his name to "Yūsai"; but he remained an active force in politics, under Shōguns Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu
Satomura Shokyu 里村昌休 (1510–1552), Japanese leading master of the linked verse renga after the death of Tani Sobuko in 1545
Sōgi 宗祇 (1421–1502), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s
Tani Soyo 谷宗養 (1526–1563), renga poet; a rival of Satomura Joha; son of Tani Sobuko
Yamazaki Sōkan 山崎宗鑑, pen name of Shina Norishige (1465–1553), renga and haikai poet, court calligrapher for Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa; became a secluded Buddhist monk following the shōgun's death in 1489

Latin

Battista Spagnoli (1447–1516), Italian^[2]
Giovanni Pontano (1429–1503), Italian
Michael Marullus (c. 1453–1500), Italian^[2]
Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530), Italian
Andrea Navagero (1483–1529), Italian^[2]
Girolamo Fracastoro (1483–1553), Italian
Marcantonio Flaminio (1498–1550), Italian
Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566), Italian
Conrad Celtis (1459–1508), German
Salmon Macrin (1490–1557), French^[2]
Joannes Secundus (1511–1536), Dutch
Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533), Italian who also published poetry in Italian
Joachim Du Bellay (c. 1525–1560), Frenchman who also published poetry in French
Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584), Pole who also published poetry in Polish
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Polish Jesuit and poet
Jacob Balde (1604–1668), German Jesuit and poet

Mexico

Ayocuan Cuetzpaltzin (mid 15th-early 16th centuries) wise man, poet, white eagle from Tecamachalco^[5]^{: 197–209}
Cacamatzin (1483-1520), tlatoani (ruler or lord) of Texcoco (altepetl) and poet^[5]^{: 109–125}
Tecayehuatzin of Huexotzinco (second half of 15th to early 16th century), poet and philosopher (Huexotzinco was a semi-independent state, alternately loyal to the Aztec Empire or to Tlaxcala.)^[5]^{: 183–195}
Temilotzin (end of 15th century-1525), born in Tlatelolco (altepetl) and Tlatoani of Tzilacatlan^[5]^{: 171–179}
Xicotencatl I (1425-1522) tlatoani of Tizatlan (Tlaxcala)^[5]^{: 211–221}

Netherlands

Barlaeus, also known as Kaspar van Baerle (1584–1648)
Suster Bertken (1426 or 1427–1514)
Anna Bijns (1493–1575)
Adriaen Valerius (1570/1575–1625)
Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), Dutch writer considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century

Ottoman Empire

Bâkî (باقى) (1526–1600)
Fuzûlî (فضولی) (c. 1483–1556)
Hayâlî (خيالى) (c. 1500–1557)
Necati (died 1509)^[2]
Selim II (1524–1574), sultan and poet
Suleyman the Magnificent (ca. 1495–1566)
Tashcali Yahya Bey (died 1582)^[2]
Ruhi-i Bagdadi (died 1605)^[2]
Nef'i (1582–1635)^[2]
Seyhulislam Yahya (1552–1644)^[2]
Pir Sultan Abdal (c. 1480–1550)

Persian language

Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)
Vahshi Bafghi

Poland

Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 – after 1529)
Mikolaj Rej (1505–1569)
Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584)
Mikolaj September Szarzynski (c. 1550 – c. 1581)
Sebastian Grabowiecki (ca. 1543–1607)^[2]
Sebastian Fabian Klonowic (ca. 1545–1602)
Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629)
Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640)
Kasper Miakskowski (1550–1622)^[2]

Portugal

Garcia de Resende (c. 1470–1536)
Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536), poet and playwright
Francisco de Sá de Miranda (c. 1481–1558)^[2]
Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552)
Cristovao Falcao (1518 – c. 1557)^[2]
Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580)^[6]
Diogo Bernardes (c. 1530 – c. 1605), brother of Frei Agostinho da Cruz^[2]
Frei Agostinho da Cruz (1540–1619), brother of Diogo Bernardes^[2]
Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (c. 1580–1621)
Antonio de Ferreira^[2]
Mellin de Saint Gelais (1491–1558)^[2]

Slovakia

Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
Ján Silván (1493–1573)
Pavel Kyrmezer (birth year not known – 1589)
Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)
Ján Filický ( c. 1585–1623)
Ján Bocatius (1569–1621)
Jakub Jakobeus (1591–1645)
Martin Bošňák (birth year not known – 1566)
Štefan Komodický (16th century)
Eliáš Láni (1570–1618)
Daniel Pribiš (1580–1645)
Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)

South Asia

Akho (1591–1659), Gujarati-language poet, Vedantist and radical^[7]
Bhalam (c. 1426–1500), Gujarati-language poet^[7]
Sant Eknath संत एकनाथ or Eknāth; the epithet "sant" संत is traditionally given to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly (1533–1599), Marathi-language poet and scholar
Sant Tukaram संत तुकाराम (birth-year estimates range from 1577–-1609 – died 1650), Marathi-language poet
Krishnadevaraya (died 1529), king of the Vijayanagara empire and Sanskrit-language poet
Annamacharya శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య (1408–1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu-language pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440–1530) Telugu-language poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), Telugu-language poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
Habba Khatun
Meerabai (मीराबाई) (1498–1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India
Gosvāmī Tulsīdās तुलसीदास, also known as "Tulasī Dāsa" and "Tulsidas" (1532–1623) Awadhi poet and philosopher

Spain

Juan Boscán (c. 1490–1542)
Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)^[2]
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503–1575)
Hernando de Acuña (c. 1520–1580)
Baltasar del Alcázar (1590–1616)
Francisco de Aldana (1537–1578)^[2]
Gutierre de Cetina (1520 – c. 1557)
Cristóbal de Castillejo (c. 1490–1550)
Luis de León (1527–1591)
San Juan de la Cruz (1542–1591)
Alonso de Ledesma (1562–1623)^[2]
Lope de Vega (1562–1635), playwright and poet
Fernando de Herrera (1534–1597)
Luis Barahona de Soto (1548–1595)
Pedro de Espinosa (1578–1650)^[2]
Francisco de Rioja (1583–1659)
Francisco de Medrano (1570–1607)^[2]
Alonso de Ercilla (1533 – c. 1596)

Other

Jeong Cheol (1536–1593), Korean poet
Hwang Jin-i (1522–1565), Korean poet
Song Deokbong (1521-1578), Korean poet
Judah Leone Modena, also known as: Leon Modena or Yehudah Aryeh Mi-modena (1571–1648), a rabbi, orator, scholar, teacher and poet^[8]
Israel ben Moses Najara^[8] (c. 1555 – c. 1625), Hebrew poet in Palestine
Ali-Shir Nava'i, also known as "Nizām al-Din"; pen name "Navā'ī" Persian: نوایی, meaning "the weeper" (1441 – 1501), Central Asian politician, mystic, linguist, painter, and poet of Chaghatai origin who was born and lived in Herat, in modern-day Afghanistan; his Chagatai language (Middle Turkic) poetry has led many throughout the Turkic-speaking world to consider him the founder of early Turkic literature, and the Uzbeks claim him as their national poet

Decades and years

1490s	1490	1491	1492	1493	1494	1495	1496	1497	1498	1499
1500s	1500	1501	1502	1503	1504	1505	1506	1507	1508	1509
1510s	1510	1511	1512	1513	1514	1515	1516	1517	1518	1519
1520s	1520	1521	1522	1523	1524	1525	1526	1527	1528	1529
1530s	1530	1531	1532	1533	1534	1535	1536	1537	1538	1539
1540s	1540	1541	1542	1543	1544	1545	1546	1547	1548	1549
1550s	1550	1551	1552	1553	1554	1555	1556	1557	1558	1559
1560s	1560	1561	1562	1563	1564	1565	1566	1567	1568	1569
1570s	1570	1571	1572	1573	1574	1575	1576	1577	1578	1579
1580s	1580	1581	1582	1583	1584	1585	1586	1587	1588	1589
1590s	1590	1591	1592	1593	1594	1595	1596	1597	1598	1599
1600s	1600	1601	1602	1603	1604	1605	1606	1607	1608	1609

Notes

↑ "Olivier de la Marche" article, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914, retrieved April 19, 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
↑ "Simon Goulart 1543-1628". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
↑ Web page titled "BENEDETTO CARITEO, 1450–1514", retrieved April 19, 2009. Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.
1 2 3 4 5 Miguel Leon-Portilla (1978). Trece Poetas del Mundo Azteca [Thirteen Poets of the Aztec World] (in Spanish) (2nd, 1972 ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacinal Autonoma de Mexico.
↑ "The Lusiads". World Digital Library. 1800–1882. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
1 2 Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of 20th-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
1 2 Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972,

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[odlmce-1] "Olivier de la Marche" article, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914, retrieved April 19, 2009

[npepap-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications

[3] "Simon Goulart 1543-1628". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

[bclc-4] Web page titled "BENEDETTO CARITEO, 1450–1514", retrieved April 19, 2009. Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.

[aztecas-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Miguel Leon-Portilla (1978). Trece Poetas del Mundo Azteca [Thirteen Poets of the Aztec World] (in Spanish) (2nd, 1972 ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacinal Autonoma de Mexico.

[WDL-6] "The Lusiads". World Digital Library. 1800–1882. Retrieved 2013-08-31.

[20csjm-7] 1 2 Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of 20th-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008

[nk2-8] 1 2 Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972,

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	This page is part of the List of years in poetry
Centuries in poetry:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century
Decades in poetry:	1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s 1560s 1570s 1580s 1590s
Centuries:	15th century - 16th century - 17th century

Works published

Births and deaths

England

France

French-language Swiss

Germany

German-language Swiss

Italy

Japan

Latin

Mexico

Netherlands

Ottoman Empire

Persian language

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

South Asia

Spain

Other

See also

Decades and years

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