1627 in poetry
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Events
- English poet Sir John Beaumont, 1st Baronet presented with the Beaumont Baronetcy, of Grace Dieu in the County of Leicester
Works published
Great Britain
- Michael Drayton, The Battaile of Agincourt[1]
- Phineas Fletcher, Locustae, in Latin with English paraphrasing[1]
- Thomas May, translator, Lucan's Pharsalia; or, The Civill Warres of Rome, between Pompey the Great, and Julius Caesar, translated from Latin, completed in 10 books (first three translated books published first in 1626; see also A Continuation 1630)[1]
- Richard Niccols, The Beggers Ape, published anonymously[1]
Other
- Gabriel Bocángel, Rimas ("Verses"), containing both ballads and sonnets; Spain[2]
- Luis de Góngora (died May 24), Works in verse by the Spanish Homer, collected by Juan López de Vicuña, published posthumously; includes numerous sonnets, odes, ballads, songs for guitar, La Fábula de Polifemo y Galatea, Las Soledades and other long poems; Spain
- François de Malherbe and others, Recueil des plus beaux vers des poètes de ce temps, with many poems by Malherbe and his acknowledged disciples; France[3]
- John of the Cross (died 1591), Spiritual Canticle (Cántico Espiritual), Spain, largely written in 1577, first published in its original language, in Brussels
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- Nicolò Minato (died 1698), Italian poet, librettist and impresario
- Walter Pope (died 1714), English astronomer and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- April 19 â John Beaumont (born 1583), English playwright and poet
- May 24 â Luis de Góngora (born 1561), Spanish lyric poet
- May 26 â Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford (born 1581), English countess, minor poet, and major patron of poets
- July 4 (bur.) â Thomas Middleton (born 1580), English playwright and poet
- July 9 â Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen (born 1586), Dutch painter, poet and theologian
- October â Bernardo de Balbuena (born 1561), Spanish-born Latin American poet
- Also:
- Charles Best (born 1570), English poet, writer of A Sonnet of the Moon
- Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (born 1556), Indian poet in Mughal Emperor Akbar court
- Cormac Mac Con Midhe (born unknown), Irish poet
- Thomas Seget (born 1569), Scottish poet who wrote in Latin
