1551 in poetry

• Robert Crowley, published anonymously, Philargyrie of Greate Britayne; or, The Fable of the Great Giant^[1]
• Marcantonio Flaminio, Carmina Sacra, posthumous, Italy

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Bhai Gurdas (died 1636), Sikh scholar, poet and the scribe of the Adi Granth
• Siméon-Guillaume de La Roque (died 1611), French
• George Whetstone year uncertain (died 1587), English poet and author

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

• Ludovico Pasquali (born 1500), Italian author and poet
• Sin Siamdang (born 1504), Korean painter, poet, embroiderer, calligrapher, scholar of Confucian literature and history^[2]

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