1470s in poetry

Events

Works published

• Angelo Polizano, Stanzas Begun for the Tournament of the Magnificent Giuliano de Medici, publication year uncertain, published sometime from 1475-1478 Italy

• Benet Burgh, Parvus Cato; Magnus Cato, collection of maxims written about 1440 and attributed to Dionysius Cato; the book was widely used as an elementary textbook; Latin and English
• Jami, Nahafat al-Uns, biographies, Persian
• John Lydgate, Great Britain, all posthumous editions:
• *, published anonymously, written about 1400 and circulated widely as manuscripts
• * The Horse, the Goose, and the Sheep, published anonymously, publication year uncertain, probably written soon after 1436
• * Stans Puer ad Mensam, publication year uncertain; the most popular version of this Medieval "courtesy" book educating boys on proper mealtime etiquette

• Geoffrey Chaucer, all posthumous editions:
• * Anelida and Arcite, published anonymously, publication year uncertain; includes other short poems by the author
• * Canterbury Tales
• * The Parliament of Fowls, published anonymously, publication year uncertain, includes other short poems by the author
• Blind Harry, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, also known as The Wallace, long Scottish "romantic biographical" poem in Middle Scots, probably created some time in the late 1470s or early to mid-1480s
• John Lydgate,, published anonymously, publication year uncertain; written about 1403
• Juraj Šižgorić, Elegiarum et carminum libri tres, first published book by a Croatian poet

• Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers,, translated from Proverbes Moreux by Christine de Pisan; published posthumously
• Angelo Polizano, Stanzas Begun for the Tournament of the Magnificent Giuliano de Medici, publication year uncertain, published sometime from 1475-1478 Italy
• Luigi Pulci, Morgante, a now lost 23-canto version ; Italy

• Jami, Salaman u Absal, allegory, Persian
• Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers,, translated from Jean Miélot's version of Cordiale quattour novissimorum, attributed to Gerardus de Vliederhoven and to Denis le Chartreux

  Births

• April 6 - Tang Yin, Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher
• May 20 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal, poet and writer, also a Latin-language poet
• Girolamo Angeriano, born sometime from about this year to about 1490, Italian, Latin-language poet; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490
• Palladio Blosio born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Andrea Fulvio, Italian Renaissance humanist, poet and antiquarian
• William Hendred, English
• Severo Minervi born about this year, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Garcia de Resende born about this year, Portuguese
• Wen Zhengming, Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher

• Adam Reusner born sometime from this year to 1496), German
• Krishnadevaraya, Emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire and influential patron of poetry
• Zâtî , Turkish poet who taught and greatly influenced Bâkî

• Marcantonio Epicuro, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Jean Lemaire de Belges, born about this year, Walloon poet and historian living primarily in France
• Paolo Parrasio, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Cecilia Gallerani, Italian, Latin-language poet, a mistress of Ludovico Sforza
• Arakida Moritake 荒木田守武, Japanese, the son of Negi Morihide, and a Shinto priest; said to excel in waka, renga, and in particular haikai

• September 8 - Lodovico Ariosto, Italian poet who also wrote verses in Latin
• Petrus Crinitus, also known as "Pietro Crinito", Florentine Italian humanist scholar and poet who wrote verses in Latin
• Gavin Douglas born about this year, Scottish poet and bishop
• Stephen Hawes born about this year, English poet and courtier

• Catherine d'Amboise, French
• Michelangelo Buonarroti, commonly known as "Michelangelo", full name: Michelangelo Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer
• Pietro Crinito, also known as "Petrus Crinitus",, Florentine Italian humanist scholar and poet who also wrote Latin-language verses
• Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright
• Thomas Murner, German satirist, poet and translator

• Alexander Barclay, English/Scottish poet

• Baldassarre Castiglione, sources differ on whether he was born this year or 1478, , Italian writer and poet who also wrote verses in Latin
• Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Indian poet who wrote in the Avadhi dialect of Hindi
• Pietro Valeriano, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Andrea Ammonio born about this year, one source says 1477, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Baldassarre Castiglione, sources differ on whether he was born this year or 1477, Italian writer and poet who also wrote verses in Latin
• Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician, scholar, poet and atomist
• Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat and grammarian
• Surdas, born either this year or in 1479,, Indian, Hindi poet and saint who wrote in the Brij Bhasha dialect

• June 14 - Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian scholar and poet
• Nicolò D'Arco, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Celio Calcagnini, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Zaccaria Ferreri, Italian, Latin-language poet
• Surdas, born either in 1478 or this year, Indian, Hindi poet and saint who wrote in the Brij Bhasha dialect

  Deaths

• Nōami, Japanese painter and renga poet in the service of the Ashikaga shogunate
• Antonio Beccadelli, Italian poet, canon lawyer, scholar, diplomat, and chronicler
• Sir Thomas Malory, English writer, and author of Le Morte d'Arthur

• Leon Battista Alberti, Italian author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer
• Liu Jue, Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet
• Nezahualcoyotl, Texcoco poet-king
• Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet especially of Humanist poetry

• Flavio Pantagato, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Georges Chastellain, Italian

• Giannantonio Campano, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Domizio Calderini, Italian, Latin-language poet

• Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet
• Raighu, Apabhraṃśa poet