1546 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature.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 di M. Ludovico Ariosto, edited by Iacopo Coppa Modanese; Italy
- John Heywood, ; Great Britain
Births
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- February 18 - Martin Luther died, German theologian and poet
- July 16 - Anne Askew, also spelled "Anne Ayscough" 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, French writer, poet and humanist
- Also:
- * Pietro Bonomo, also known as "Petrus", Italian, humanist, diplomat, bishop of Trieste and Latin-language poet
- * Nikolaus Decius died sometime after this year, German
