16th century in poetry
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Works published
- Hamzah Fansuri writes in the Malay language.
- The compilation of Romances de los Señores de Nueva España, a collection of Aztec poetry (including pre-Columbian works).
Births and deaths
England
- John Skelton (c. 1460â1529)
- George Gascoigne (1535â1578)
- Sir Walter Raleigh (1552â1618)
- Edmund Spenser (1552â1599)
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554â1586)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564â1593)
- William Shakespeare (1564â1616)
- John Donne (c. 1572â1631)
- Ben Jonson (c. 1572â1637)
- Robert Herrick (1591â1674)
- George Herbert (1593â1633)
- Young William (c. 1395-1433)
France
- Jean Molinet (1435â1507), French poet, chronicler, and composer
- Olivier de la Marche (1426â1501), French poet and author[1]
- Clément Marot (1496â1544)
- Marguerite de Navarre (1492â1549)
- Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1501 â 1544)
- Louise Labe (1526â1566)
- Maurice Sceve (1511â1564)
- Pierre de Ronsard (1524â1585)
- Joachim du Bellay (1525â1560)
- Jean de Sponde (1557â1595)
- Jean de la Ceppede (1550â1622)[2]
- Agrippa d'Aubigne (1550â1630)
- François de Malherbe (1555â1628)[2]
French-language Swiss
Germany
- Erasmus Alberus (c. 1500â1553)
- Johann Valentin Andreae (1586â1654)
- Johann Beltz (1529â1584)
- Sebastian Brant (1457 or 1458 â 1521)
- Conrad Celtis (1459â1508)
- Nikolaus Decius (1485 â after 1546)
- Johann Fischart (1546 or 1547 â 1591)
- Hans Folz (1435/1440 â 1513)
- Sebastian Franck (1499 â 1542 or 1543)
- Konrad Gesner (1516â1565)
- Johann Heermann (1585â1647)
- Nikolaus Herman (c. 1500â1561)
- Mathias Holtzwart (c. 1540 â after 1589)
- Anna Ovena Hoyer (1584â1655)
- Ulrich von Hutten(1488â1523)
- Georg List (1532â1596)
- Ambrosius Lobwasser (1515â1585)
- Martin Luther (1483â1546)
- Philipp Melanchthon (1497â1560)
- Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489â1525)
- Philipp Nicolai (1556â1608)
- Martin Opitz (1597â1639)
- Jakob Regnart (between 1540 and 1545 â 1599)
- Adam Reusner (1471/1496 â 1563/1582)
- Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1532 â c. 1599)
- Hans Sachs (1494â1576)
- Paulus Schede Melissus (1539â1602)
- Johann Hermann Schein (1586â1630)
- Johannes Secundus (1511â1536)
- Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591â1635)
- Paul Speratus (1484â1581)
- Josua Stegmann (1588â1632)
- Georg Rodolf Weckherlin (1584â1653)
- Michael WeiÃe (1588â1634)
- Diederich von dem Werder (1584â1657)
- Christoff Wirsung (c. 1500â1571)
- Julius Wilhelm Zincgref (1591â1635)
- Georgius Agricola (1554â1630)
German-language Swiss
Italy
- Benedetto Cariteo (1450â1514)[4]
- Teofilo Folengo (1491 â 1574)[2]
- Lodovico Ariosto (1474â1533), also a Latin poet
- Torquato Tasso (1544â1595)
- Pietro Bembo (1470â1547), Cardinal and influential critic
- Vittoria Colonna (1492â1547)
- Gaspara Stampa (c. 1523â1554), woman poet
- Antonio Sebastiano Minturno (1559â1565), writer and poet
Japan
- Arakida Moritake èæ¨ç°å®æ¦ (1473â1549), the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shinto priest; said to have excelled in waka, renga, and in particular haikai
- Hosokawa Fujitaka ç´°å·è¤å, also known as Hosokawa YÅ«sai ç´°å·å¹½æ (1534â1610), a Sengoku period feudal warlord who was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga shÅguns; father of Hosokawa Tadaoki, an Oda clan senior general; after the 1582 Incident at HonnÅ-ji, he took the Buddhist tonsure and changed his name to "YÅ«sai"; but he remained an active force in politics, under ShÅguns Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Satomura Shokyu éææä¼ (1510â1552), Japanese leading master of the linked verse renga after the death of Tani Sobuko in 1545
- SÅgi å®ç¥ (1421â1502), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s
- Tani Soyo è°·å®é¤ (1526â1563), renga poet; a rival of Satomura Joha; son of Tani Sobuko
- Yamazaki SÅkan å±±å´å®é, pen name of Shina Norishige (1465â1553), renga and haikai poet, court calligrapher for ShÅgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa; became a secluded Buddhist monk following the shÅgun's death in 1489
Latin
- Battista Spagnoli (1447â1516), Italian[2]
- Giovanni Pontano (1429â1503), Italian
- Michael Marullus (c. 1453â1500), Italian[2]
- Jacopo Sannazaro (1458â1530), Italian
- Andrea Navagero (1483â1529), Italian[2]
- Girolamo Fracastoro (1483â1553), Italian
- Marcantonio Flaminio (1498â1550), Italian
- Marco Girolamo Vida (1485â1566), Italian
- Conrad Celtis (1459â1508), German
- Salmon Macrin (1490â1557), French[2]
- Joannes Secundus (1511â1536), Dutch
- Lodovico Ariosto (1474â1533), Italian who also published poetry in Italian
- Joachim Du Bellay (c. 1525â1560), Frenchman who also published poetry in French
- Jan Kochanowski (1530â1584), Pole who also published poetry in Polish
- Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595â1640), Polish Jesuit and poet
- Jacob Balde (1604â1668), German Jesuit and poet
Mexico
- Ayocuan Cuetzpaltzin (mid 15th-early 16th centuries) wise man, poet, white eagle from Tecamachalco[5]:â197â209â
- Cacamatzin (1483-1520), tlatoani (ruler or lord) of Texcoco (altepetl) and poet[5]:â109â125â
- Tecayehuatzin of Huexotzinco (second half of 15th to early 16th century), poet and philosopher (Huexotzinco was a semi-independent state, alternately loyal to the Aztec Empire or to Tlaxcala.)[5]:â183â195â
- Temilotzin (end of 15th century-1525), born in Tlatelolco (altepetl) and Tlatoani of Tzilacatlan[5]:â171â179â
- Xicotencatl I (1425-1522) tlatoani of Tizatlan (Tlaxcala)[5]:â211â221â
Netherlands
- Barlaeus, also known as Kaspar van Baerle (1584â1648)
- Suster Bertken (1426 or 1427â1514)
- Anna Bijns (1493â1575)
- Adriaen Valerius (1570/1575â1625)
- Joost van den Vondel (1587â1679), Dutch writer considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century
Ottoman Empire
- Bâkî (باÙÙ) (1526â1600)
- Fuzûlî (ÙضÙÙÛ) (c. 1483â1556)
- Hayâlî (Ø®ÙاÙÙ) (c. 1500â1557)
- Necati (died 1509)[2]
- Selim II (1524â1574), sultan and poet
- Suleyman the Magnificent (ca. 1495â1566)
- Tashcali Yahya Bey (died 1582)[2]
- Ruhi-i Bagdadi (died 1605)[2]
- Nef'i (1582â1635)[2]
- Seyhulislam Yahya (1552â1644)[2]
- Pir Sultan Abdal (c. 1480â1550)
Persian language
- Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546â1620)
- Vahshi Bafghi
Poland
- Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 â after 1529)
- Mikolaj Rej (1505â1569)
- Jan Kochanowski (1530â1584)
- Mikolaj September Szarzynski (c. 1550 â c. 1581)
- Sebastian Grabowiecki (ca. 1543â1607)[2]
- Sebastian Fabian Klonowic (ca. 1545â1602)
- Szymon Szymonowic (1558â1629)
- Daniel Naborowski (1573â1640)
- Kasper Miakskowski (1550â1622)[2]
Portugal
- Garcia de Resende (c. 1470â1536)
- Gil Vicente (c. 1465 â c. 1536), poet and playwright
- Francisco de Sá de Miranda (c. 1481â1558)[2]
- Bernardim Ribeiro (1482â1552)
- Cristovao Falcao (1518 â c. 1557)[2]
- LuÃs de Camões (c. 1524â1580)[6]
- Diogo Bernardes (c. 1530 â c. 1605), brother of Frei Agostinho da Cruz[2]
- Frei Agostinho da Cruz (1540â1619), brother of Diogo Bernardes[2]
- Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (c. 1580â1621)
- Antonio de Ferreira[2]
- Mellin de Saint Gelais (1491â1558)[2]
Slovakia
- Martin Rakovský (1535â1579)
- Ján Silván (1493â1573)
- Pavel Kyrmezer (birth year not known â 1589)
- VavÅinec Benedikt z Nudožer (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555â1615)
- Ján Filický ( c. 1585â1623)
- Ján Bocatius (1569â1621)
- Jakub Jakobeus (1591â1645)
- Martin BoÅ¡Åák (birth year not known â 1566)
- Štefan Komodický (16th century)
- Eliáš Láni (1570â1618)
- Daniel PribiÅ¡ (1580â1645)
- Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592â1637)
South Asia
- Akho (1591â1659), Gujarati-language poet, Vedantist and radical[7]
- Bhalam (c. 1426â1500), Gujarati-language poet[7]
- Sant Eknath सà¤à¤¤ à¤à¤à¤¨à¤¾à¤¥ or EknÄth; the epithet "sant" सà¤à¤¤ is traditionally given to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly (1533â1599), Marathi-language poet and scholar
- Sant Tukaram सà¤à¤¤ तà¥à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¾à¤® (birth-year estimates range from 1577â-1609 â died 1650), Marathi-language poet
- Krishnadevaraya (died 1529), king of the Vijayanagara Empire and Sanskrit-language poet
- Annamacharya à°¶à±à°°à± తాళà±à°³à°ªà°¾à° à° à°¨à±à°¨à°®à°¾à°à°¾à°°à±à°¯ (1408â1503), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu-language pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma
- Molla, also known as "Mollamamba", both popular names of Atukuri Molla (1440â1530) Telugu-language poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
- Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450â1510), Telugu-language poet best known for his translation of the Bhagavata Purana from Sanskrit; the book is popularly known as Pothana Bhagavatham
- Habba Khatun
- Meerabai (मà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤¬à¤¾à¤) (1498â1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India
- GosvÄmÄ« TulsÄ«dÄs तà¥à¤²à¤¸à¥à¤¦à¤¾à¤¸, also known as "TulasÄ« DÄsa" and "Tulsidas" (1532â1623) Awadhi poet and philosopher
Spain
- Juan Boscán (c. 1490â1542)
- Garcilaso de la Vega (1503â1536)[2]
- Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503â1575)
- Hernando de Acuña (c. 1520â1580)
- Baltasar del Alcázar (1590â1616)
- Francisco de Aldana (1537â1578)[2]
- Gutierre de Cetina (1520 â c. 1557)
- Cristóbal de Castillejo (c. 1490â1550)
- Luis de León (1527â1591)
- San Juan de la Cruz (1542â1591)
- Alonso de Ledesma (1562â1623)[2]
- Lope de Vega (1562â1635), playwright and poet
- Fernando de Herrera (1534â1597)
- Luis Barahona de Soto (1548â1595)
- Pedro de Espinosa (1578â1650)[2]
- Francisco de Rioja (1583â1659)
- Francisco de Medrano (1570â1607)[2]
- Alonso de Ercilla (1533 â c. 1596)
Other
- ChÅng Ch'Ål (1536â1593), Korean poet
- Hwang Jin-i (1522â1565), Korean poet
- Song TÅkpong (1521-1578), Korean poet
- Judah Leone Modena, also known as: Leon Modena or Yehudah Aryeh Mi-modena (1571â1648), a rabbi, orator, scholar, teacher and poet[8]
- Israel ben Moses Najara[8] (c. 1555 â c. 1625), Hebrew poet in Palestine
- Ali-Shir Nava'i, also known as "NizÄm al-Din"; pen name "NavÄ'Ä«" Persian: ÙÙاÛÛ, meaning "the weeper" (1441 â 1501), Central Asian politician, mystic, linguist, painter, and poet of Chaghatai origin who was born and lived in Herat, in modern-day Afghanistan; his Chagatai language (Middle Turkic) poetry has led many throughout the Turkic-speaking world to consider him the founder of early Turkic literature, and the Uzbeks claim him as their national poet
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