1597 in poetry
# 1597 in poetry

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

## Works published

* Nicholas Breton:
   * The Arbor of Amorous Devises, anthology partly by Breton, probably compiled by the printer, Richard Jones; reprints 10 poems from Brittons Bowre of Delights 1591
   * Auspicante Jehova
* John Dowland, The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Partes verse and music (see also Second Booke 1600, Third and Last Booke 1603)
* Michael Drayton, Englands Heroicall Epistles (expanded in 1598; reprinted in The Barrons Wars 1603)
* Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes
* Henry Lok, Ecclesiastes, Otherwise Called the Preacher
* Gervase Markham, translated from a lost original work by Genevieve Petau de Maulette, Devoreux
* Thomas Middleton, The Wisodome of Solomon Paraphrased
* Thomas Morley, Cazonets; or, Little Short Songs to Foure Voyces, verse and music (see also Canzonets 1593)
* Robert Parry, Sinetes Passion Uppon his Fortunes
* Robert Tofte, Laura: The Toyes of a Traveller; or, The Feast of Fancie, contains a statement, likely untrue, that more than 30 of the poems in the book are not by Tofte
* Nicholas Yonge, Musica Transalpina. Cantus, verse and music (see also Musica Transalpina 1588

## Births

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

* February 24 – Vincent Voiture (died 1648), French poet and writer
* May 31 – Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (died 1654), French writer and poet writing verses in both French and Latin
* December 23 – Martin Opitz von Boberfeld (died 1639), German
* Also:
   * Johan van Heemskerk (died 1656), Dutch poet
   * Christopher Harvey (died 1662), English
   * Claude de Malleville (died 1634), French
   * Rachel Speght (death year not known), English polemicist and poet
   * Wang Wei (died 1647), Chinese prostitute and poet

## Deaths

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

* June 6 – William Hunnis (birth year not known), English
* June 9 – Joseph of Anchieta (born 1534), Spanish Jesuit missionary, poet and playwright
* Also:
   * Fernando de Herrera (born c. 1534), Spanish
   * George Turberville, also spelled "Turbervile", death year uncertain (born c. 1544), English poet and translator
