1502 in poetry

Events

• Stephen Hawes appointed to Valet de chambre under Henry VII of England
• Poet Laureate John Skelton imprisoned

Works published

[[Italian poetry|Italy]]

• Pietro Bembo, Terzerime, published by Aldus Manutius
• Baptista Mantuanus, Sylvae, eight volumes, Bologna; Italian, Latin-language poet
• Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia, a pirated edition (the author officially sanctioned publication in 1504); a manuscript of the original work is dated 1489, with two eclogues and connecting prose added later, seemingly reflecting the author's distress at political developments of about 1500; Italy

Other

• Conradus Celtis, Amores, folk poem, German poet writing in Latin

Births

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

• Guillaume Bigot (died 1550), French writer, doctor, humanist and poet in French and Latin
• Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year or 1503, others say his birth year is 1503 (died 1565), Italian, Latin-language poet

Deaths

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

• February – Olivier de la Marche (born 1426), French poet and chronicler
• Also:
  • Elisio Calenzio (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet
  • Jalaladdin Davani (born 1426), Iranian philosopher, theologian, jurist and poet
  • Gian Giacomo della Croce, died after this year (born c. 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
  • Gwerful Mechain, died about this year (born c. 1460?), female Welsh erotic poet
  • Bonino Mombrizio, died 1482 or this year (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet
  • Octavien de Saint-Gelais (born 1468), French churchman, poet and translator
  • Domnall mac Brian Ó hÚigínn (born unknown), Irish poet
  • Sōgi 宗祇 (born 1421), Japanese Zen monk who studied waka and renga poetry, then became a professional renga poet in his 30s

Notes

References

1. Mantuanus, Baptista [https://archive.org/details/ecloguesbaptist01mustgoog/page/n58 ''The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus''], edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books, May 17, 2009
2. Bondanella, Peter, and Julia Conaway Bondanella, co-editors, ''Dictionary of Italian Literature'', Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1979
3. Kurian, George Thomas, ''Timetables of World Literature'', New York: Facts on File Inc., 2003, {{ISBN. 0-8160-4197-0
4. Web page titled [http://www.mqdq.it/mqdq/poetiditalia/indice.jsp?ordine=crono "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento"] at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. [https://archive.today/20240524093522/https://www.webcitation.org/5h5lnIRZh?url=http://www.mqdq.it/mqdq/poetiditalia/indice.jsp%3Fordine=crono Archived] 2009-05-27.
5. Olsen, Kirsten. (1994). "Chronology of Women's History". Greenwood Publishing Group.