16th century in poetry

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Reformation-era literature

Overview

* 16th-century Renaissance humanism
* Reformation-era propaganda
* 16th century in poetry
* 16th century in literature

British

* Elizabethan

* Welsh
* Scottish
* Anglo-Irish

* Metaphysical poets

* English Renaissance theatre

* Pastoral
* Morality
* History

* Tragedy
* Revenge

Continental

* Czech
* German
* Swiss
* Slovak
* Sorbian
* Romanian
* Bohorič alphabet

Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age

Folklore of the Low Countries

Scandinavian

* Danish
* Faroese
* Norwegian
* Swedish
* Finnish
* Icelandic

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## Works published

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* 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

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### England

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* John Skelton (c. 1460–1529)
* George Gascoigne (1535–1578)
* Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)
* Edmund Spenser (1552–1599)
* Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
* Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593)
* William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
* John Donne (c. 1572–1631)
* Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)
* Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
* George Herbert (1593–1633)
* Young William (c. 1395-1433)

### France

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* Jean Molinet (1435–1507), French poet, chronicler, and composer
* Olivier de la Marche (1426–1501), French poet and author[1]
* Clément Marot (1496–1544)
* Marguerite de Navarre (1492–1549)
* Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1501 – 1544)
* Louise Labe (1526–1566)
* Maurice Sceve (1511–1564)
* Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585)
* Joachim du Bellay (1525–1560)
* Jean de Sponde (1557–1595)
* Jean de la Ceppede (1550–1622)[2]
* Agrippa d'Aubigne (1550–1630)
* François de Malherbe (1555–1628)[2]

#### French-language Swiss

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* Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552–1630)
* Simon Goulart (1583–1628)[3]

### Germany

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* Erasmus Alberus (c. 1500–1553)
* Johann Valentin Andreae (1586–1654)
* Johann Beltz (1529–1584)
* Sebastian Brant (1457 or 1458 – 1521)
* Conrad Celtis (1459–1508)
* Nikolaus Decius (1485 – after 1546)
* Johann Fischart (1546 or 1547 – 1591)
* Hans Folz (1435/1440 – 1513)
* Sebastian Franck (1499 – 1542 or 1543)
* Konrad Gesner (1516–1565)
* Johann Heermann (1585–1647)
* Nikolaus Herman (c. 1500–1561)
* Mathias Holtzwart (c. 1540 – after 1589)
* Anna Ovena Hoyer (1584–1655)
* Ulrich von Hutten(1488–1523)
* Georg List (1532–1596)
* Ambrosius Lobwasser (1515–1585)
* Martin Luther (1483–1546)
* Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560)
* Thomas Müntzer (c. 1489–1525)
* Philipp Nicolai (1556–1608)
* Martin Opitz (1597–1639)
* Jakob Regnart (between 1540 and 1545 – 1599)
* Adam Reusner (1471/1496 – 1563/1582)
* Bartholomäus Ringwaldt (1532 – c. 1599)
* Hans Sachs (1494–1576)
* Paulus Schede Melissus (1539–1602)
* Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)
* Johannes Secundus (1511–1536)
* Friedrich Spee von Langenfeld (1591–1635)
* Paul Speratus (1484–1581)
* Josua Stegmann (1588–1632)
* Georg Rodolf Weckherlin (1584–1653)
* Michael Weiße (1588–1634)
* Diederich von dem Werder (1584–1657)
* Christoff Wirsung (c. 1500–1571)
* Julius Wilhelm Zincgref (1591–1635)
* Georgius Agricola (1554–1630)

#### German-language Swiss

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* Nicholas Manuel (1484–1530)

### Italy

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* Benedetto Cariteo (1450–1514)[4]
* Teofilo Folengo (1491 – 1574)[2]
* Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533), also a Latin poet
* Torquato Tasso (1544–1595)
* Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), Cardinal and influential critic
* Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547)
* Gaspara Stampa (c. 1523–1554), woman poet
* Antonio Sebastiano Minturno (1559–1565), writer and poet

### Japan

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* Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武 (1473–1549), the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shinto priest; said to have excelled in waka, renga, and in particular haikai
* Hosokawa Fujitaka 細川藤孝, also known as Hosokawa Yūsai 細川幽斎 (1534–1610), a Sengoku period feudal warlord who was a prominent retainer of the last Ashikaga shōguns; father of Hosokawa Tadaoki, an Oda clan senior general; after the 1582 Incident at Honnō-ji, he took the Buddhist tonsure and changed his name to "Yūsai"; but he remained an active force in politics, under Shōguns Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu
* Satomura Shokyu 里村昌休 (1510–1552), Japanese leading master of the linked verse renga after the death of Tani Sobuko in 1545
* Sōgi 宗祇 (1421–1502), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s
* Tani Soyo 谷宗養 (1526–1563), renga poet; a rival of Satomura Joha; son of Tani Sobuko
* Yamazaki Sōkan 山崎宗鑑, pen name of Shina Norishige (1465–1553), renga and haikai poet, court calligrapher for Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshihisa; became a secluded Buddhist monk following the shōgun's death in 1489

### Latin

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* Battista Spagnoli (1447–1516), Italian[2]
* Giovanni Pontano (1429–1503), Italian
* Michael Marullus (c. 1453–1500), Italian[2]
* Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530), Italian
* Andrea Navagero (1483–1529), Italian[2]
* Girolamo Fracastoro (1483–1553), Italian
* Marcantonio Flaminio (1498–1550), Italian
* Marco Girolamo Vida (1485–1566), Italian
* Conrad Celtis (1459–1508), German
* Salmon Macrin (1490–1557), French[2]
* Joannes Secundus (1511–1536), Dutch
* Lodovico Ariosto (1474–1533), Italian who also published poetry in Italian
* Joachim Du Bellay (c. 1525–1560), Frenchman who also published poetry in French
* Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584), Pole who also published poetry in Polish
* Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Polish Jesuit and poet
* Jacob Balde (1604–1668), German Jesuit and poet

### Mexico

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* Ayocuan Cuetzpaltzin (mid 15th-early 16th centuries) wise man, poet, white eagle from Tecamachalco[5]: 197–209
* Cacamatzin (1483-1520), tlatoani (ruler or lord) of Texcoco (altepetl) and poet[5]: 109–125
* 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]: 183–195
* Temilotzin (end of 15th century-1525), born in Tlatelolco (altepetl) and Tlatoani of Tzilacatlan[5]: 171–179
* Xicotencatl I (1425-1522) tlatoani of Tizatlan (Tlaxcala)[5]: 211–221

### Netherlands

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* Barlaeus, also known as Kaspar van Baerle (1584–1648)
* Suster Bertken (1426 or 1427–1514)
* Anna Bijns (1493–1575)
* Adriaen Valerius (1570/1575–1625)
* Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), Dutch writer considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century

### Ottoman Empire

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* Bâkî (باقى) (1526–1600)
* Fuzûlî (فضولی) (c. 1483–1556)
* Hayâlî (خيالى) (c. 1500–1557)
* Necati (died 1509)[2]
* Selim II (1524–1574), sultan and poet
* Suleyman the Magnificent (ca. 1495–1566)
* Tashcali Yahya Bey (died 1582)[2]
* Ruhi-i Bagdadi (died 1605)[2]
* Nef'i (1582–1635)[2]
* Seyhulislam Yahya (1552–1644)[2]
* Pir Sultan Abdal (c. 1480–1550)

### Persian language

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* Sheikh Bahaii, Scientist, architect, philosopher, and poet (1546–1620)
* Vahshi Bafghi

### Poland

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* Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 – after 1529)
* Mikolaj Rej (1505–1569)
* Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584)
* Mikolaj September Szarzynski (c. 1550 – c. 1581)
* Sebastian Grabowiecki (ca. 1543–1607)[2]
* Sebastian Fabian Klonowic (ca. 1545–1602)
* Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629)
* Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640)
* Kasper Miakskowski (1550–1622)[2]

### Portugal

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* Garcia de Resende (c. 1470–1536)
* Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536), poet and playwright
* Francisco de Sá de Miranda (c. 1481–1558)[2]
* Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552)
* Cristovao Falcao (1518 – c. 1557)[2]
* Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580)[6]
* Diogo Bernardes (c. 1530 – c. 1605), brother of Frei Agostinho da Cruz[2]
* Frei Agostinho da Cruz (1540–1619), brother of Diogo Bernardes[2]
* Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (c. 1580–1621)
* Antonio de Ferreira[2]
* Mellin de Saint Gelais (1491–1558)[2]

### Slovakia

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* Martin Rakovský (1535–1579)
* Ján Silván (1493–1573)
* Pavel Kyrmezer (birth year not known – 1589)
* Vavřinec Benedikt z Nudožer (Laurentio Benedictino Nudozierino) (1555–1615)
* Ján Filický ( c. 1585–1623)
* Ján Bocatius (1569–1621)
* Jakub Jakobeus (1591–1645)
* Martin Bošňák (birth year not known – 1566)
* Štefan Komodický (16th century)
* Eliáš Láni (1570–1618)
* Daniel Pribiš (1580–1645)
* Juraj Tranovský or Tranoscius (1592–1637)

### South Asia

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* Akho (1591–1659), Gujarati-language poet, Vedantist and radical[7]
* Bhalam (c. 1426–1500), Gujarati-language poet[7]
* Sant Eknath संत एकनाथ or Eknāth; the epithet "sant" संत is traditionally given to persons regarded as thoroughly saintly (1533–1599), Marathi-language poet and scholar
* Sant Tukaram संत तुकाराम (birth-year estimates range from 1577–-1609 – died 1650), Marathi-language poet
* Krishnadevaraya (died 1529), king of the Vijayanagara empire and Sanskrit-language poet
* Annamacharya శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య (1408–1503), 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 (1440–1530) Telugu-language poet who wrote Telugu Ramayan; a woman
* Potana, born Bammera Pothana (1450–1510), 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 (मीराबाई) (1498–1547), 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
* Gosvāmī Tulsīdās तुलसीदास, also known as "Tulasī Dāsa" and "Tulsidas" (1532–1623) Awadhi poet and philosopher

### Spain

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* Juan Boscán (c. 1490–1542)
* Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)[2]
* Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503–1575)
* Hernando de Acuña (c. 1520–1580)
* Baltasar del Alcázar (1590–1616)
* Francisco de Aldana (1537–1578)[2]
* Gutierre de Cetina (1520 – c. 1557)
* Cristóbal de Castillejo (c. 1490–1550)
* Luis de León (1527–1591)
* San Juan de la Cruz (1542–1591)
* Alonso de Ledesma (1562–1623)[2]
* Lope de Vega (1562–1635), playwright and poet
* Fernando de Herrera (1534–1597)
* Luis Barahona de Soto (1548–1595)
* Pedro de Espinosa (1578–1650)[2]
* Francisco de Rioja (1583–1659)
* Francisco de Medrano (1570–1607)[2]
* Alonso de Ercilla (1533 – c. 1596)

### Other

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* Chŏng Ch'ŏl (1536–1593), Korean poet
* Hwang Jin-i (1522–1565), Korean poet
* Song Deokbong (1521-1578), Korean poet
* Judah Leone Modena, also known as: Leon Modena or Yehudah Aryeh Mi-modena (1571–1648), a rabbi, orator, scholar, teacher and poet[8]
* Israel ben Moses Najara[8] (c. 1555 – c. 1625), Hebrew poet in Palestine
* Ali-Shir Nava'i, also known as "Nizām al-Din"; pen name "Navā'ī" Persian: نوایی, meaning "the weeper" (1441 – 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

## See also

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* 16th century in literature
* Castalian Band
* Dutch Renaissance and Golden Age literature
* Elizabethan literature
* English Madrigal School
* French Renaissance literature
* Renaissance literature
* Spanish Renaissance literature
* University Wits

## Decades and years

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## Notes

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1. ^ "Olivier de la Marche" article, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1914, retrieved April 19, 2009
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications
3. ^ "Simon Goulart 1543-1628". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
4. ^ Web page titled "BENEDETTO CARITEO, 1450–1514", retrieved April 19, 2009. Archived 2010-09-23 at the Wayback Machine 2009-05-02.
5. ^ a b c d e Miguel Leon-Portilla (1978). Trece Poetas del Mundo Azteca [Thirteen Poets of the Aztec World] (in Spanish) (2nd, 1972 ed.). Mexico City: Universidad Nacinal Autonoma de Mexico.
6. ^ "The Lusiads". World Digital Library. 1800–1882. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
7. ^ a b Mohan, Sarala Jag, Chapter 4: "Twentieth-Century Gujarati Literature" (Google books link), in Natarajan, Nalini, and Emanuel Sampath Nelson, editors, Handbook of 20th-century Literatures of India, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, ISBN 978-0-313-28778-7, retrieved December 10, 2008
8. ^ a b Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972,

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