# 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:
* Savonarola, Apologeticus De Ratione Poeticae Artis, criticism; Italy
* Jorge Manrique, Coplas de Manrique por la muerte de su padre ("Couplets on the Death of His Father" or "Stanzas for the Death of His Father"), Spanish lyric 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 Encina, Cancionero, one-act Spanish verse drama and poetry
* 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
* Latifî, also known as Kastamonulu Latifî Çelebi, Ottoman poet and bibliographer
* 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
* Fuzûlî, also known as "Mehmed ibn Suleyman", Turkish
* Suleiman the Magnificent born about this year (died 1566), Ottoman Empire sultan and poet
1496:
* November 23 – Clément Marot (died 1544), French
* 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
* 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:
* August 13 – Tulsidas (died 1623), Indian saint and poet
* 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
* Marcantonio Flaminio (died 1550), Italian, Latin-language poet
* Meerabai मीराबाई (died 1547), alternate spelling: Meera, Mira, Meera Bai; Indian, Hindu poet-saint, mystical poet 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
* Sean mac Fergail Óicc Ó hÚigínn, Irish poet and Ollamh Érenn
* 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 scholar, mystic, writer, composer of numerous lyrics and idylls, historian, and Sufi poet
* Alfonso de Palencia (born 1423), Castilian pre-Renaissance historian, writer, and poet
* Lorenzo de' Medici (born 1440), Italian banker, politician, patron of the arts and poet who wrote in his native Tuscan
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
* Guto'r Glyn, approximate date (born c.1412), Welsh 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:
* Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque (born unknown), Spanish poet
* Diego de San Pedro (born 1437), Castilian writer and poet
* Cristoforo Landino (born 1424), Italian, Latin-language poet
* Conor Carragh Ó Curnín (born unknown), Irish 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