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1546 in poetry

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Events

  • After meeting with Jacques Peletier du Mans, Joachim du Bellay decides to go to Paris, where he meets Pierre de Ronsard and Jean-Antoine de Baïf, who were studying Greek and Latin under Jean Daurat, also a poet.

    • Works published

  • Luigi Alamanni, La Coltivazione, didactic poem written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics, Italian writer published in Paris, France
  • Ludovico Ariosto, Le Rime de M. Ludovico Ariosto, edited by Iacopo Coppa Modanese; Italy
  • John Heywood, A Dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of all the Proverbes in the Englishe Tongue; Great Britain

    • Births

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

  • Philippe Desportes (died 1606), French poet
  • Veronica Franco (died 1591), Italian poet and courtesan

    • Deaths

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

  • February 18 – Martin Luther died (born 1483), German theologian and poet
  • July 16 – Anne Askew, also spelled "Anne Ayscough" (born 1521) English poet and Protestant who was persecuted as a heretic; the only woman on record to have been tortured in the Tower of London, before being burnt at the stake
  • August 3 – Étienne Dolet (born 1509), French writer, poet and humanist
  • Also:
  • Pietro Bonomo, also known as "Petrus" (born 1458), Italian, humanist, diplomat, bishop of Trieste and Latin-language poet
  • Nikolaus Decius died sometime after this year (born 1485), German

    • References

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