1580 in poetry
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Works published
Great Britain
- Anonymous, The Buik of Alexander, publication year uncertain, written in Middle Scots in 1438; erroneously attributed to John Barbour, a close translation of two French original works from the Middle Ages[1]
- George Buchanan, Paraphrasis psalmorum Davidis, in Latin[1]
- Thomas Churchyard, A Pleasaunte Laborinth Called Churchyardes Chance[1]
- Humphrey Gifford, A Poste of Gilloflowrs, prose and poetry; Part 1 translated from Italian and French; Part 2 in verse[1]
- Anthony Munday, The Paine of Pleasure[1]
Other
- Fernando de Herrera, Anotaciones, criticism, Spain[2]
- Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France[3]
- Jan Kochanowski, Laments (Treny) ("Thredonies"), Poland[2]
- Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (La Gerusalemme liberata), 14 cantos in pirated edition, Italy
Births
- April 18 â Thomas Middleton, English (died 1627) English playwright and poet
- June 9 â Daniël Heinsius (died 1655), Dutch scholar writing Latin and Dutch poetry
- September 14 â Francisco de Quevedo (died 1645), nobleman, politician and one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age
- October 12 â Hortensio Félix Paravicino (died 1633), Spanish preacher and poet
- November 9 â Johannes Narssius (died 1637), Dutch-born New Latin poet, physician and Remonstrant minister
- Also:
- Brian Mac Giolla Phádraig (died 1652), Irish Gaelic scholar and poet
- Thomas Ford (died 1648), English composer, lutenist, viol player and poet
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (died 1621), Portuguese poet and bucolic writer
- Daniel Pribiš (died 1645), Slovak
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo, born about this year (died 1622), Portuguese
- John Webster (died 1634), English Jacobean dramatist and poet
Deaths
- June 10 â LuÃs de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as "Luis de Camoens", died (born about 1524), perhaps the most highly regarded Portuguese poet
- June 22 â Hernando de Acuna died (born c. 1520), Spanish
- Also:
- Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz (born 1500), Greek kabbalist and poet
- Wu Cheng'en died 1580 or 1582 (born 1500 or 1505), Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty
- Robin Clidro (born 1545), Welsh language poet and itinerant poet
- Sebastián de Horozco (born 1510), Spanish poet and playwright
- Thomas Tusser (born 1524), English
