1520 in Poetry - Births

Births

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• Hernando de Acuna born about this year (died 1580), Spanish
• Giovanni Bona de Boliris (died 1572), Humanist, poet and writer, who wrote in Latin and Italian
• Gutierre de Cetina born (died c. 1557), Spanish
• Thomas Churchyard, birth year uncertain (died 1604), English author and poet
• Natalis Comes (died 1582), Italian mythographer, poet and historian
• Pernette du Guillet (died 1545), French
• William Lauder, year uncertain (died 1573), Scottish cleric, playwright, and poet
• Madeleine Des Roches born about this year (died 1587), French author and poet who published works jointly with her daughter, Catherine Des Roches; the two also hosted a literary salon which included Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Barnabé Brisson, René Chopin, Antoine Loisel, Claude Binet, Nicolas Rapin and Odet de Turnèbe
• Alexander Scott (died 1582/1583), Scottish
• Georg Thym born about this year (died 1560), German teacher, poet and writer