1523 in poetry
# 1523 in poetry

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## Works published

* Alexander Barclay, The Mirror of Good Manners, publication year uncertain, translated from Dominic Mancini's De quatuor virtutibus, in English and Latin; London: Richard Pynson
* Hans Sachs, die Wittenbergische Nachtigall, allegorical story in verse in praise of Luther
* John Skelton, The Garland of Laurel

## Births

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

* February 20 – Jan Blahoslav (died 1571), Czech poet and translator
* Approximate date – Girolamo Maggi (died 1572), Italian scholar, jurist, poet, military engineer, urban planner, philologist, archaeologist, mathematician and naturalist

## Deaths

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

* Stephen Hawes, death year uncertain, birth year unknown; English
* Ulrich von Hutten (born 1488), German
* Faustino Perisauli (born 1450), Italian, Latin-language poet
* Tang Yin died this year, according to some sources, or 1524 according to others (born 1470), Chinese poet, painter and calligrapher
