1503 in poetry

Events

• Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto begins writing Orlando Furioso (earliest version published in 1516; first complete version published 1532)

Works published

• Anonymous, Sir Tryamour, publication year uncertain; written in the late 14th century
• William Dunbar, The Thrissil and the Rois, Scotland, a political allegory honoring Margaret Tudor, whose marriage to James IV of Scotland had been negotiated with the help of Dunbar
• Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Plainte du Désiré, Belgian Walloon poet living in and published in France

Births

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

• June 28 – Giovanni della Casa (died 1556), Italian poet and critic; Latin-language poet
• November 17 – Agnolo di Cosimo, better known as "Il Bronzino" or "Agnolo Bronzino" (died 1572), Italian Mannerist painter and poet
• Nicholas Bourbon in this year or 1505 (died 1550), French court preceptor and poet
• Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (died 1575), Spanish
• Benedetto Varchi, some sources say he may have been born this year, others say his birth year is either this year or 1502 (died 1565), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Garcilasco de la Vega (died 1536), Spanish
• Thomas Wyatt, born about this year (died 1542), English lyric poet and diplomat

Deaths

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

• Antonio Bonfini (born 1434), Italian humanist and poet
• Alessandro Braccesi (born 1445), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Matteo Canale (born 1443), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Gian Giacomo della Croce died this year or later (born c. 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Iovianus Pontanus, also known as Giovanni Gioviano Pontano, (born 1426), Italian, Latin-language poet
• Annamacharya శ్రీ తాళ్ళపాక అన్నమాచార్య (born 1408), mystic saint composer of the 15th century, widely regarded as the Telugu pada kavita pitaamaha (grand old man of simple poetry); husband of Tallapaka Tirumalamma

Notes

References

1. Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, {{ISBN. 0-19-860634-6
2. Trager, James, ''The People's Chronology'', New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979
3. 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.
4. Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications