1577 in poetry
# 1577 in poetry

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

## Events

* December 4 – John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes) is imprisoned in Toledo, Spain. During his imprisonment he composes his Spiritual Canticle (Cántico Espiritual).

## Works published

### Great Britain

* Nicholas Breton:
   * The Works of a Young Wit
   * A Flourish upon Fancy
* John Grange, The Golden Aphroditis, poetry and prose

### Other

* Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France
* Guillaume Du Bartas, La Semaine, ou Création du Monde, France
* Eoghan O'Duffy, tr. by John O'Daly (1864), The Apostasy of Myler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel, Cashel, County Tipperary. Composed as Irish bardic poetry in 1577.

## Births

* March – George Sandys (died 1644), English traveller, colonist and poet
* November 10 – Jacob Cats (died 1660), Dutch poet

## Deaths

* March 6 – Rémy Belleau (born 1528), French poet and member of La Pléiade
* April 21 – Girolamo Parabosco (born c. 1524), Italian poet and musician
* August 12 – Sir Thomas Smith (born 1513), English scholar, diplomat and poet
* October 7 – George Gascoigne (born c. 1535), English poet who died while a guest at George Whetstone's family manor of Walcot at Barnack, near Stamford, Lincolnshire; Whetstone commemorated his friend in a long elegy.
* Also:
   * Annibale Cruceio (born 1509), Italian, Latin-language poet
