1564 in poetry

Works published

• Jan Blahoslav, author and editor, Ivančice hymn-book, a revised edition of the (Protestant) Polish-language Šamotulský kancionál ("Šamotulský hymn-book") 1561, Czech
• Helius Eobanus Hessus, Idyls, German writing in Latin, third revised edition, Frankfort (see also first edition 1509)
• Jan Kochanowski, Chess (Szachy), published either this year or in 1565, Polish

Births

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

• February 26 – baptism date of Christopher Marlowe (died 1593), English dramatist and poet
• April 26 – baptism date of William Shakespeare (died 1616), English dramatist and poet (traditional birthdate April 23)
• Date unknown – Henry Reynolds (died 1632), English poet, schoolmaster and literary critic

Deaths

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

• February 18 – Michelangelo (Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) (born 1475), Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer
• June 17 – Atagi Fuyuyasu (born 1528), Japanese samurai and poet
• Purandara Dasa (born 1484), Hindu composer of Carnatic music and Kannada poetry
• Rupa Goswami (born 1489), Hindu devotional teacher, poet, and philosopher
• Gruffudd Hiraethog (born unknown), Welsh language poet and scholar
• Maurice Sceve, death year uncertain (born c. 1501), French

Notes

References

1. "Jan Blahoslav".
2. Mantuanus, Baptista [https://books.google.com/books?id=iZxfz7v5gN4C&pg=PA52&dq=%22Eclogues+of+Mantuan%22&ei=F9UQSouqO6P2yATG7OyNBg#PPA29,M1 ''The Eclogues of Baptista Mantuanus''], edited by Wilfred Pirt Mustard, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1911. Retrieved via Google Books 2009-05-17.