1508 in poetry
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Works published
Scotland
- Anonymous, Golagros and Gawain, a Middle Scots romance written in the late 15th century in alliterative metre; based on two episodes from the First Continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal[1]
- Andrew Cadiou, Porteous of Nobleness, a Scots version of Alain Chartier's Le Breviaire des Nobles[1]
- William Dunbar:
- Henry the Minstrel, also known as Blind Harry, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, publication year uncertain; written c. 1478 in Scots verse, supposedly derived from a Latin original; one of the most popular works of Scottish poetry of this era[1]
- Robert Henryson, Orpheus and Eurydice, published anonymously, publication year uncertain[1]
- Richard Holland, Buke of the Howlat, publication year uncertain; written c. 1450, in the poem an assembly of birds hears the Owl bitterly complaining against Dame Nature for making him ugly[1]
- John Lydgate, The Complaint of the Black Knight
Other
- William Hendred, The Pylgrymage of Man, London, Great Britain[2]
- Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Concorde du genre humain, Walloon poet published in France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 3 â Jean Daurat also spelled "Jean Dorat"; Latin name: "Auratus" (died 1588), French poet and scholar, member of La Pléiade
- Marin DržiÄ, also known as "Marino Darza" and "Marino Darsa" (died 1567), Croatian dramatist, author and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- February 4 â Conrad Celtes (born 1459), German and Latin-language poet
- May 13 â Martial d'Auvergne (born 1420), French poet
- Pietro Antonio Piatti (born 1442), Italian, Latin-language poet
