1585 in poetry
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Events
- Irish poet Tuileagna à Maoil Chonaire composes the poem Labhram ar iongnaibh Ãireann.
- On the death of Pierre de Ronsard, Philippe Desportes became "recognized indisputably as France's greatest living poet," according to 20th century scholar Bernard Weinberg.[1]
- At the order of the Inquisition, a collection of verses ("canczuni") in Italian and Maltese published by Maltese Dominican friar Pasquale Vassallo in 1584 is burned for its allegedly 'obscene' content.[2]
Works published
- Giordano Bruno, Italy:
- LâInfini de lâunivers et les mondes
- De gli eroici furori ("The Heroic Enthusiasts"), a sonnet sequence and commentaries concerning the philosophy of love and love as a means of mystical ascent; dedicated to Sir Philip Sidney
- Cabala del Cavallo pegaseo
Births
- January 31 â Daniel Schwenter (died 1636), German Orientalist, polymath, poet and librarian
- March 16 â Gerbrand Bredero (died 1618), Dutch poet and playwright
- October 11 â Johann Heermann (died 1647), German poet and hymn writer
- November 1 â Jan Brożek (died 1652), Polish mathematician, astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector
- December 13 â William Drummond of Hawthornden (died 1649), Scottish poet
- Also:
- Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland, née Elizabeth Tanfield (died 1639), English poet, translator and dramatist
- Ján Filický born about this year (died 1623), Slovak poet
- Fang Weiyi (died 1668), Chinese woman poet[3]
Deaths
- Paolo Giovio, birth year not known, Italian, Latin-language poet[4]
- Ambrosius Lobwasser died (born 1515), German
- December 27 â Pierre de Ronsard (born 1524), French
