1583 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

Events

Jean de Sponde, a Latin translation of Homer, with commentaries^[1]
Philippe Desportes, DerniÃ¨rs Amours, which increased the author's fame; France^[2]
Catherine Des Roches, also known as "Catherine Fradonnet", and her mother, Madeleine Des Roches, France:
- La Puce de Madame Des Roches (collection of verse)
- Secondes Oeuvres, Poitiers: Nicolas Courtoys

Robert Greene, Mamillia (Part 2 published in 1593 Mamillia: The triumph of Pallas^[3]
William Hunnis, Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul^[4]
Richard Robinson, The Auncient Order, Societie, and Unitie Laudable, of Prince Arthure, and his Knightly Armory of the Round Table, translated from the French of La devise des armes des Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, a treatise on heraldry published in Paris in 1546; adapted by the author to advertise a popular society of archers, Prince Arthur and the London Round Table; Edmund Spenser's schoolmaster, Richard Mulcaster, was a member^[3]

March 3 â Edward Herbert (died 1648), Anglo-Welsh soldier, diplomat, historian, poet and religious philosopher
November 24 â Juan MartÃnez de JÃ¡uregui y Aguilar (died 1641), Spanish poet, scholar and painter
Robert Aylett (died 1655), English lawyer and religious poet
William Basse (died 1653/1654), English
John Beaumont (died 1627), poet
Hugo Grotius (died 1645), Dutch jurist, philosopher, theologian, Christian apologist, playwright, and poet
Ishikawa Jozan ç³å·ä¸å±± (died 1672), Japanese poet and intellectual
Francisco de Rioja (died 1659), Spanish
Aurelian Townshend born about this year (died c. 1643), English poet and playwright