16th century in poetry

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).

England

John Skelton (c. 1460–1529)

George Gascoigne (1535–1578)

Sir Walter Ralegh (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)

France

Jean Molinet (1435–1507), French poet, chronicler, and composer

Olivier de la Marche (1426–1501), French poet and author

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)

Agrippa d'Aubigne (1550–1630)

François de Malherbe (1555–1628)

French-language Swiss

Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552–1630)

Simon Goulart (1583–1628)

Germany

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

Nicholas Manuel (1484–1530)

Italy

Benedetto Cariteo (1450–1514)

Teofilo Folengo (1491 – 1574)

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

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 shoguns; 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 Shoguns 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 Shogun Ashikaga Yoshihisa; became a secluded Buddhist monk following the shogun's death in 1489

Latin

Battista Spagnoli (1447–1516), Italian

Giovanni Pontano (1429–1503), Italian

Michael Marullus (c. 1453–1500), Italian

Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530), Italian

Andrea Navagero (1483–1529), Italian

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

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

Netherlands

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

Bâkî (باقى) (1526–1600)

Fuzûlî (فضولی) (c. 1483–1556)

Hayâlî (خيالى) (c. 1500–1557)

Necati (died 1509)

Selim II (1524–1574), sultan and poet

Suleyman the Magnificent (ca. 1495–1566)

Tashcali Yahya Bey (died 1582)

Ruhi-i Bagdadi (died 1605)

Nef'i (1582–1635)

Seyhulislam Yahya (1552–1644)

Pir Sultan Abdal (c. 1480–1550)

Persian language

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

Vahshi Bafghi

Poland

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)

Sebastian Fabian Klonowic (ca. 1545–1602)

Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629)

Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640)

Kasper Miakskowski (1550–1622)

Portugal

Garcia de Resende (c. 1470–1536)

Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536), poet and playwright

Francisco de Sá de Miranda (c. 1481–1558)

Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552)

Cristovao Falcao (1518 – c. 1557)

Luís de Camões (c. 1524–1580)

Diogo Bernardes (c. 1530 – c. 1605), brother of Frei Agostinho da Cruz

Frei Agostinho da Cruz (1540–1619), brother of Diogo Bernardes

Francisco Rodrigues Lobo (c. 1580–1621)

Antonio de Ferreira

Mellin de Saint Gelais (1491–1558)

Slovakia

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

Akho (1591–1659), Gujarati-language poet, Vedantist and radical

Bhalam (c. 1426–1500), Gujarati-language poet

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

Juan Boscán (c. 1490–1542)

Garcilaso de la Vega (1503–1536)

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (1503–1575)

Hernando de Acuña (c. 1520–1580)

Baltasar del Alcázar (1590–1616)

Francisco de Aldana (1537–1578)

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)

Lope de Vega (1562–1635), playwright and poet

Fernando de Herrera (1534–1597)

Luis Barahona de Soto (1548–1595)

Pedro de Espinosa (1578–1650)

Francisco de Rioja (1583–1659)

Francisco de Medrano (1570–1607)

Alonso de Ercilla (1533 – c. 1596)

Other

Jeong Cheol (1536–1593), Korean poet

Hwang Jin-i (1522–1565), Korean poet

Judah Leone Modena, also known as: Leon Modena or Yehudah Aryeh Mi-modena (1571-1648), a rabbi, orator, scholar, teacher and poet

Israel ben Moses Najara (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