1590 in poetry

Events

• With the encouragement of Sir Walter Ralegh, Edmund Spenser joins him on a trip to London, where Ralegh presented the celebrated poet to Queen Elizabeth I.

  Works

• George Peele, Polyhymnia
• Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Books 1-3, in honour of Queen Elizabeth I
• Sir Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, Books 1-3

  Births

• March 18 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portuguese historian and poet
• June 24 - Samuel Ampzing, Dutch clergyman and poet
• September 12 - María de Zayas, Spanish poet and playwright
• Also:
• * Baltasar del Alcazar born, Spanish
• * William Browne, English
• * Shen Yixiu, Chinese poet and mother of female poets Ye Xiaoluan, Ye Wanwan and Ye Xiaowan
• *Faqi Tayran, also spelled "Feqiyê Teyran", pen name of Mir Mihemed, Kurdish
• * Hu Wenru, Chinese official courtesan known for her poetry painting and playing the qin
• * Théophile de Viau, French poet and playwright
• * Xu Yuan , Chinese woman poet nicknamed "Xie reincarnate" in reference to Xie Daoyun

  Deaths

• March - Petru Cercel, Wallachian prince and poet
• August 28 - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, French writer and poet
• November 29 - Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin, German philologist, poet, playwright, mathematician and astronomer
• September 20 - Robert Garnier, French poet and playwright
• Also:
• * George Puttenham, English writer and critic
• * Étienne Tabourot, French