1502 in poetry
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Events
- Stephen Hawes appointed to Valet de chambre under Henry VII of England
- Poet Laureate John Skelton imprisoned
Works published
Italy
- Pietro Bembo, Terzerime, published by Aldus Manutius
- Baptista Mantuanus, Sylvae, eight volumes, Bologna; Italian, Latin-language poet[1]
- Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia, a pirated edition (the author officially sanctioned publication in 1504); a manuscript of the original work is dated 1489, with two eclogues and connecting prose added later, seemingly reflecting the author's distress at political developments of about 1500; Italy[2]
Other
- Conradus Celtis, Amores, folk poem, German poet writing in Latin[3]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Guillaume Bigot (died 1550), French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin
- Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year or 1503, others say his birth year is 1503[4] (died 1565), Italian, Latin-language poet[4]
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February â Olivier de la Marche (born 1426), French poet and chronicler
- Also:
- Elisio Calenzio (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet[4]
- Jalaladdin Davani (born 1426), Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet
- Gian Giacomo della Croce, died after this year (born c. 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
- Gwerful Mechain, died about this year (born c. 1460?), female Welsh erotic poet[5]
- Bonino Mombrizio, died 1482 or this year (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet[4]
- Octavien de Saint-Gelais (born 1468), French churchman, poet and translator
- Domnall mac Brian à hÃigÃnn (born unknown), Irish poet
- SÅgi å®ç¥ (born 1421), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s
