1520 in poetry
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Works published
Great Britain
- Anonymous, publication year conjectural, Alexander the Great[1]
- Anonymous, A boke of a Ghoostly fader ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"), London: Wynkyn de Worde;[2] (1521 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publication[1])
- John Constable, Epigrammata[1]
- Robert Copland, L'enuoy of Robert Coplande, London: Wynkyn de Worde[2]
- Anonymous, publication year conjectural, The Squire of Low Degree, also known as Undo Your Dore, written about 1500[1]
- Anonymous, Terens in Englysh, a translation of Terence, Paris[2]
- Christopher Goodwyn, A Lytell Prosses, London: Wynkyn de Worde[2]
- William Hendred, publication year conjectural, The Pilgrimage of Mankind[1]
- John Lydgate, publication year conjectural, Testament[1]
- William Walter (poet), The Spectacle of Louers, London: Wynkyn de Worde[2]
Other
- Ulrich von Hutten, Aufwecker der teutschen Nation, a satiric poem, the author's earliest work in German[3]
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Hernando de Acuña born about this year (died 1580), Spanish
- Giovanni Bona de Boliris (died 1572), Humanist, poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian
- Thomas Churchyard, birth year uncertain (died 1604), English author and poet
- Natalis Comes (died 1582), Italian mythographer, poet and historian
- Pernette Du Guillet (died 1545), French
- William Lauder, year uncertain (died 1573), Scottish cleric, playwright, and poet
- Madeleine Des Roches born about this year (died 1587), French author and poet who published works jointly with her daughter, Catherine Des Roches; the two also hosted a literary salon which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe
- Alexander Scott (died 1582/1583), Scottish
- Georg Thym born about this year (died 1560), German teacher, poet and writer
