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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
- November 22 – English poet John Donne is installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Works published
Great Britain
- John Ashmore, translator, Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished; and their Arguments Annexed[1]
- Richard Brathwaite:
- Ralph Crane, The Workes of Mercy, Both Corporeal and Spiritual
- Francis Quarles, Hadassa; or, The History of Queene Ester[1]
- George Sandys, The First Five Books of Ovid's Metamorphosis, published anonymously (see also Ovid's Metamorphosis 1626)[1]
- Rachel Speght, Mortalities Memorandum: With a dreame prefixed, imaginarie in manner, reall in matter[1]
- John Taylor:
- George Wither, The Songs of the Old Testament, verses and music[1]
- Lady Mary Wroth (Sir Philip Sidney's niece), Pamphilia to Amphilanthus, sonnet sequence written since 1613 partially included in The Countess of Montgomery's Urania[1]
Other
- Théophile de Viau, Œuvres poétiques, France
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 31 – Andrew Marvell (died 1678), English metaphysical poet and parliamentarian
- April 17 – Henry Vaughan (died 1695), Welsh poet
- July 8 – Jean de La Fontaine (died 1695), French poet and fable writer
- July 24 – Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (died 1693), Polish poet and member of the noble class Szlachta
- Rupa Bhavani (died 1721), Indian, Kashmiri-language poet
- Jane Cavendish (died 1669), English poet and playwright
- Wacław Potocki (died 1696), Polish nobleman (Szlachta), moralist, poet and writer
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
- March 28 – Ottavio Rinuccini (born 1562), Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist
- August 3 – Guillaume du Vair (born 1556), French writer and poet
- August 15 – John Barclay (born 1582), Scottish satirist and poet
- September 25 – Mary Herbert (born 1561), English poet, translator, patron, hostess of a literary salon, and sister of Philip Sidney
- October 12 – Pierre Matthieu (born 1563), French playwright, poet and historian
See also
Notes
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