1538 in poetry

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

Events

Anonymous, The Court of Venus (see also The Courte of Venus 1563, a revised edition)^[1]
Sir David Lindsay, The Complaynte and Testament of a Popinjay^[1]

Francesco Berni (primarily) and other poets, Rime Burlesche, Venice, published posthumously, Italy
Vittoria Colonna, an edition of her amatory and elegiac poems, published in Parma in 1538; a third edition, containing sixteen of her Rime Spirituali, in which religious themes are treated in Italian, was published at Florence soon afterwards; Italy
Clément Marot Œuvres de Clément Marot published in Lyon; France

Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

June 30 – Bonaventura Vulcanius (died 1614), Dutch humanist scholar and poet
December 10 – Giovanni Battista Guarini (died 1612), Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat
Also:
- Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1583), Scottish ecclesiastic poet and clergyman whose extant poetry consists of three poems: The Praises of Wemen (4 lines), On Luve (10 lines), and The Miseries of a Pure [poor] Scholar (189 lines)
- Sir Thomas Craig (died 1608), Scottish jurist and poet
- Amadis Jamyn (died 1593), French
- Jacques Grévin (died 1570), French playwright, poet and physician
- Pablo de Céspedes (died 1608), Spanish painter, poet and architect
- Shah Hussain (died 1599), Punjabi Sufi poet and Sufi saint; born in Lahore (modern-day Pakistan); considered a pioneer of the kafi form of Punjabi poetry

Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

^ ^a ^b Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6