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{{Year nav topic5|1617|poetry|literature}}Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events- James I of England creates Poet Laureate position for Ben Jonson
Works publishedGreat Britain- John Davies, published anonymously, Wits Bedlam, epigrams[1]
- Leonard Digges, The Rape of Proserpine, translated from the Latin of Claudius Claudianus' De raptu Proserpinae[1]
- William Drummond, published anonymously, Forth Feasting, written on the occasion of James I's visit to Scotland[1]
Other- Martin Opitz Aristarchus, German poet and writer in Latin, in this book championing the purity of the German language[2]
- Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, A la solitude, ("Solitude"), an ode (untranslated text in French) France
BirthsDeath years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - April 4 – Sir George Wharton, 1st Baronet (died 1681), English Cavalier soldier and astrologer, also known as a poet
- September 25 (bapt.) – Henry Birkhead (died 1696), English academic, lawyer, Latin poet and founder of the Oxford Chair of Poetry
- December 9 – Richard Lovelace (died 1657), English Cavalier poet
- Peter Folger (died 1690), English-born poet, Nantucket settler, and maternal grandfather of Benjamin Franklin
- Pierre Petit (died 1687), French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer
DeathsBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: - August 8 – Tarquinia Molza (born 1542), Italian singer and poet
- Giovanni Botero (born 1544), Italian political theorist, priest, poet, and diplomat
- Keshavdas (born 1555), Sanskrit scholar and Hindi poet
- Riccardo Luisini (born 1535), Italian, Latin-language poet[3]
- Eochaidh Ó hÉoghusa (born 1567), Irish
- François du Souhait (born between 1570 and 1580), French language translator, novelist, poet, satirist, and moral philosopher
See also{{portal|Poetry}}- Poetry
- 16th century in poetry
- 16th century in literature
Notes1. ^1 2 {{cite book| last = Cox| first = Michael| title = The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature| year = 2004| isbn = 978-0-19-860634-5 }}
2. ^Magnusson, Magnus, general editor, Chambers Biographical Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, and W & R Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh, fifth edition, 1990, {{ISBN|0-550-16040-X}}
3. ^Web page titled "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento" at Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina website (in Italian), retrieved May 14, 2009. [https://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1243457743848817 Archived] 2009-05-27.
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