1602 in poetry

Events

Works

Great Britain">English poetry">Great Britain

• William Basse, Three Pastoral Elegies
• Francis Beaumont, Salamacis and Hermaphroditus, published anonymously; a translation from Ovid's Metamorphoses
• John Beaumont,
• Nicholas Breton:
• * The Mother's Blessing
• * Olde Mad-Cappes New Gally-Mawfrey
• *
• * A True Description of Unthankfulnesse; or, An Enemie to Ingratitude
• Thomas Campion's Observations in the Art of English Poesie ; London: by Richard Field for Andrew Wise; criticism
• John Davies, Mirum in Modum
• Francis and Walter Davison, editors, A Poetical Rhapsody
• Thomas Deloney, Strange Histories of Kings, Princes, Dukes, Earles, Lords, Ladies, Knights, and Gentlemen, published anonymously, with music
• Samuel Rowlands, 'Tis Merrie When Gossips Meete
• Robert Southwell, St. Peter's Complaint, with Other Poems
• William Warner, Albions England, fifth edition, in 13 books, with Epitome

  Other

• Jean Bertaut, Recueil de quelques vers amoureux,, France
• Giambattista Marino, Le Rime, Italy
• Jean Passerat, Le premier livre des poèmes. Reueus & augmentez par l'autheur en ceste derniere édition, à Paris
• Lope de Vega, La hermosura de Angélica, Spain
• Cristóbal de Virués, El Monserrate segundo Spain

  Births

• January 24 - Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English nobleman, politician and writer
• Also:
• * Giacomo Badoaro, Venetian nobleman and poet
• * Owen Feltham, English essayist and poet
• * Juan Pérez de Montalbán, Spanish dramatist, poet and novelist
• * Claude de L'Estoile, French playwright and poet
• * Pierre Le Moyne, French Jesuit poet
• * William Strode, English poet

  Deaths

• April 3 - Siôn Tudur, Welsh language poet
• August 29 - Sebastian Klonowic, Polish poet and composer
• September 14 - Jean Passerat, French political satirist and poet
• October 30 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French antiquary and Latin poet
• Also:
• * Martín del Barco Centenera, Spanish cleric, explorer, author and poet
• * Bartholomew Griffin, English poet
• * Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof, German Landsknecht, baroque poet and translator