1490s in poetry

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Works published


1491:
 * Immanuel of Rome, Mahberot Imanu'el, published in Brescia, Italy, among the first books in Hebrew printed in Italy

1492:
 * Savonrola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy
 * Jorge Manrique, Stanzas for the Death of His Father, Spanishlyric poem

1493:
 * Mir Ali Shir Nava'i, Mizan al-Awzan ("Scales of Poetic Meters"), Turkish poems

1494:
 * John Lydgate, The Fall of Princes, 36,000-line poem translated c. 1431–1438 from the De casibus illustrium virorum of Boccaccio (see also Lydgate's Proverbs 1510), posthumously published
 * Shin Maha Rahtathara, Bhuridat Zatpaung Pyo, Burmese poem
 * Sebastian Brant, Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools"), much-translated satire, year of publication disputed, German

1495:
 * Matteo Maria Boiardo, Orlando Innamorato ("Orlando in Love"), epic poem, Italy

1496:
 * Juan del Encino, Cancionero, one-act Spanish verse drama
 * Gyssaub Vaeze Kashefi, Aklake Mohseni ("Morals of the Beneficent"), prose and verse, Persian
 * Shin Maha Rahtathara, Tada uti Mawgun, Burmese poetry collection

1497:
 * John Lydgate, published anonymously, The Siege of Thebes, publication year uncertain, adapted c. 1421–1422 from an unknown French prose romance, posthumously published
 * Jacob Locher, Das Narrenschiff, a translation, sometimes loose, into Latin from the original German of Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools") by Sebastian Brant
 * Paul Riviere, a translation into French of Das Narrenschiff ("The Ship of Fools") by Sebastian Brant, from the original German

1498:
 * Hinrek van Alkmaar, Reinke de Vos ("Reynard the Fox"), animal epic poem, Netherlands
 * Mir Ali shir Nava'i, Char Divan ("Four Divans"), lyric poems Chagatai Turkish

1499:
 * John Skelton, published anonymously, The Bouge of Court, publication year uncertain, written in 1488; a satirical dream-allegory about court life
 * Gilber Hay (or perhaps "Gilbert the Hay", who may have been a different person) publishes The Buik of King Alexander the Conquerour, part of The Buik of Alexander romance stories
 * Pierre Gringore, Chasteau de Labour, printed by Antoine Vérard, France

Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article. There are conflicting or unreliable sources for the birth years of many people born in this period; where sources conflict, the poet is listed again and the conflict is noted:

1490:
 * April – Vittoria Colonna (died 1547), Italian
 * Girolamo Angeriano, also known as "Hieronymus Angerianus" born sometime between about 1470 and about 1490 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet ; sources differ on his birth year, with some stating 1470, others giving "c. 1480" and another c. 1490
 * Juan Boscan, original Catalan name: "Joan Boscà Almogàver", born about this year (died 1542), Catalan poet who wrote in Spanish
 * Cristobal de Castillejo born about this year (died 1550), Spanish
 * Sir David Lindsay (died c. 1555), Scottish
 * Jean Salmon Macrin (died 1557), French, Latin-language poet
 * Francesco Pittiani, born about this year (died 1552), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Giuseppe Sporeni, born about this year (died after 1562), Italian, Latin-language poet

1491:
 * November 8 – Teofilo Folengo, (died 1544), Italian poet who wrote in Italian, Latin and a Macaronic style mixing the two
 * Bach Van, also known as "Nguyen Bin Khiem", Vietnamese poet
 * Mellin de Saint-Gelais (died 1558), French poet of the Renaissance and Poet Laureate of Francis I of France

1492:
 * Pietro Aretino (died 1556), Italian poet and playwright
 * Antoine Héroët, poète et clerc français, mort vers 1567.
 * Marguerite de Navarre, also known as "Marguerite of Angoulême" and "Margaret of Navarre" (died 1549), French queen consort of King Henry II of Navarre; patron of humanists and reformers, author, playwright and poet

1493:
 * September 28 – Agnolo Firenzuola (died c. 1545), Italian
 * Anna Bijns (died 1575), Dutch
 * Ján Silván (born 1573), Slovak
 * Bernardo Tasso (died 1569), Italian

1494:
 * November 5 – Hans Sachs (born 1576), German

1495:
 * March 6 – Luigi Alamanni (died 1556), Italian poet and statesman
 * Francisco Sa de Miranda (died 1558), Portuguese
 * Fuzuli, also known as "Mehmed ibn Suleyman", Turkish
 * Suleyman the Magnificent born about this year (died 1566), Ottoman Empire sultan and poet

1496:
 * Lazare de Baïf (died 1547), French poet, diplomat and humanist
 * Lorenzo Gambara, born about this year (died 1586), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Richard Maitland (died 1586), Scottish
 * Clement Marot (died 1544), French
 * Girolamo Muzio (died 1575), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Nawade I, Burmese
 * Adam Reusner born sometime from 1471 to this year (died sometime from 1563 to 1582), German
 * Johann Walter (died 1570), German poet and composer
 * Lu Zhi (died 1576), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet

1497:
 * Francesco Berni born about this year, according to some sources, others say 1498 (died 1535), Italian writer and poet
 * Philipp Melanchthon (died 1560), German professor, theologian and poet

1498:
 * Francesco Berni born this year, according to some sources, others say he was born about 1497 (died 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Huang O (died 1569), Chinese poet, a woman
 * Marcantonio Flaminio (died 1550), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Meerabai मीराबाई (died  1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poetess whose compositions, extant version of which are in Gujarati and a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi, remain popular throughout India

1499:
 * Sebastian Franck, who called himself "Franck von Word" (died 1542 or 1543), German freethinker, humanist, radical reformer and poet

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

1490:
 * Giovanni Michele Alberto Carrara (born 1438), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Alessandro Cortesi (born 1460), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Dafydd Gorlech (born 1410), Welsh language poet
 * Gómez Manrique (born 1412), Spanish poet, soldier, politician and dramatist
 * Francesco Rolandello (born 1427), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Martino Filetico (born 1430), Italian, Latin-language poet

1491:
 * Jean Meschinot (born 1420), French

1492:
 * November 6 – Antoine Busnois (born c. 1430), French composer and poet
 * Blind Harry, also known as "Henry the Minstrel", (born c. 1440), Scottish makar (poet)
 * Jami (born 1414), Persian
 * Alfonso de Palencia (born 1423), Castilian pre-Renaissance historian, writer, and poet

1493:
 * Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ on his death year, with some simply stating this year and others stating this year and 1495 are each possible, born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet

1494:
 * November 17 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (born 1463), Renaissance humanist and Italian, Latin-language poet
 * December 20 – Matteo Maria Boiardo (born c. 1434), Italian poet
 * Galeotto Marzio, died this year or 1497 (born 1427 or 1428), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Angelo Poliziano, (born 1454), Italian, Latin-language poet

1495:
 * Ermolao Barbaro, sources differ in his death year, with some simply giving 1493 and others stating that either that year or this year is possible (born 1453), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * C. Aurelio Cambini died sometime after 1494 (born c. 1463), Italian, Latin-language poet

1496:
 * Callimaco Esperiente (born 1437), Italian, Latin-language poet

1497:
 * Galeotto Marzio died this year or 1494 (born 1427/1428), Italian, Latin-language poet

1498:
 * Cristoforo Landino (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (born unknown), Spanish poet
 * Diego de San Pedro (born 1437), Castilian writer and poet

1499:
 * Quinto Emiliano Cimbriaco died about this year (born 1449), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Probo de Marianis (born 1455), Italian, Latin-language poet
 * Jeronim Vidulić (birth year unknown), Croatian Renaissance poet