1575 in poetry
# 1575 in poetry

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

## Works published

### Great Britain

* Nicholas Breton, A Small Handful of Fragrant Flowers
* Thomas Churchyard, The Firste Parte of Churchyardes Chippes, some prose but mostly poetry; in part, it recounts how Queen Elizabeth was received by the city of Bristow
* George Gascoigne, The Posies of George Gascoigne Esquire, the second, very expanded edition of A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 1573; includes "The Fruits of Warre" (the author's longest poem}) and "Certayne Notes of Instruction Concerning the Making of Verse or Ryme in English" (see also The Whole Woorkes 1587)
* John Rolland, The Court of Venus

## Other

* Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France
* Veronica Franco, Terze rime; Italian

## Births

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

* August 14 – Robert Hayman (died 1629) poet, colonist and Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland; his book, ''Qvodlibets ("What you will"), published in 1628, is the first book of English poetry written in what would become Canada.
* Also:
   * Edmund Bolton (died c. 1633), English historian and poet, born this year by his own account
   * Cyril Tourneur (died 1626), English playwright and poet
   * Sir William Vaughan, "Orpheus junior" (died 1641), Welsh writer, poet and colonial investor
   * Henry Willobie (died 1596), English
* Approximate date:
   * Walter Quin (died 1640), Irish-born English court poet and author writing in English, Latin, French and Italian

## Deaths

* April 10 (buried) – Anna Bijns (born 1493), Dutch
* August 14 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (born 1503), Spanish
* Also:
   * Giovanni Battista Pigna (born 1530), Italian, Latin-language poet
   * Adam Reusner (approximate date; born sometime from 1471 to 1496), German
   * William Stevenson (born 1530), English poet, author and clergyman; presumed playwright
