Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).

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• Jacques Peletier, translation from the Latin of Horace, Ars Poetica, France^[1]
• Clément Marot, Trente psaumes de David, translation of the Book of Psalms, France^[2]
• Loys Bourgeois sometime between this year and 1551, Psautier huguenot, Switzerland

• Anonymous, The Schole House of Women, sometimes attributed to Edward Gosynhyll, but which he replied to in The Prayse of all Women 1542; two other replies: A Dyalogue Defensyve for Women against Malycyous Detractours 1542, by Robert Burdet and The Defence of Women 1560, Edward More; Great Britain^[3]
• Francesco Berni Orlando innamorato, heroic-comic poem, published posthumously, Italy

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

• Giovanni Guidiccioni (born 1480), Italian
• Gül Baba (born unknown), Ottoman Bektashi dervish poet and companion of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
• Celio Calcagnini (born 1479), Italian, Latin-language poet

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